proposition : Idioms & Phrases
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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.
Webster 1913
Disjunctive proposition
- one in which the parts are connected by disjunctive conjunctions; as it is either day or night.
Webster 1913
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.
Webster 1913
Leaves of proposition
(Jewish Antiq.) , the showbread.
Webster 1913
particular proposition
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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.
Webster 1913
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.
Webster 1913
universal proposition
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noun (logic) a proposition that asserts something of all members of a class
universal.