proposition : Idioms & Phrases


Discretive proposition

  • (Logic & Gram.), one that expresses distinction, opposition, or variety, by means of discretive particles, as but, though, yet, etc.; as, travelers change their climate, but not their temper.
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Disjunctive proposition

  • one in which the parts are connected by disjunctive conjunctions; as it is either day or night.
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Incident proposition

  • (Logic), a proposition subordinate to another, and introduced by who, which, whose, whom, etc.; as, Julius, whose surname was Cæsar, overcame Pompey.
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Indefinite proposition

  • (Logic), a statement whose subject is a common term, with nothing to indicate distribution or nondistribution; as, Man is mortal.
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Leaves of proposition

  • (Jewish Antiq.), the showbread.
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particular proposition

  • noun (logic) a proposition that asserts something about some (but not all) members of a class
    particular.
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Pythagorean proposition

  • (Geom.), the theorem that the square described upon the hypothenuse of a plane right-angled triangle is equal to the sum of the squares described upon the other two sides. = Pythagorean theorem.
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Singular proposition

  • (Logic), a proposition having as its subject a singular term, or a common term limited to an individual by means of a singular sign. Whately.
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universal proposition

  • noun (logic) a proposition that asserts something of all members of a class
    universal.
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