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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

stipulational en · ADJ

Etymology

From stipulation + -al.

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) Of or pertaining to stipulation.
    • The initial stipulational affirmation of the Euclidean geometry G₀ in the physical Jaws P₀ used to compute the corrections in no way assures that the geometry obtained by the corrected rods will be Euclidean! 1966, Herbert Feigl, edited by Paul Feyerabend, Mind, Matter, and Method, Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, →OCLC, page 290:
    • On the other hand, you could, of course, not have stipulational data but, rather, as you imply, have each school submit a grant or application. 1978, Oversight Hearing on Safe School Study, Washington: U.S. Government Printing Office, →OCLC, page 30:
    • A stipulational world is either the actual world or an ordered pair of a world and a function from the domain of the actual world to its domain. 1979, The Journal of Philosophy: Volume 76, New York: F.J.E. Woodbridge, page 336:

Deriveds

stipulationally