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truth-functional en · ADJ

Etymology

From truth + function + -al.

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) Of or relating to a truth function; having a truth value that depends solely on the truth values of its components.
    • Compound sentences are called truth‑functional if their truth-value is a function of the truth-values of their component sentences. 1944, Rudolf Carnap, Introduction to Semantics, Harvard University Press, page 48:

Antonyms

non-truth-functional · truth-value gap

Deriveds

truth-functional logic

Relateds

truth function · logical connective · truth table