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  2. Terminology - Wikipedia

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    Terminology is a discipline that studies, among other things, the development of such terms and their interrelationships within a specialized domain. Terminology differs from lexicography, as it involves the study of concepts, conceptual systems and their labels (terms), whereas lexicography studies words and their meanings.

  3. Term (logic) - Wikipedia

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    Left to right: tree structure of the term (n⋅(n+1))/2 and n⋅((n+1)/2) Given a set V of variable symbols, a set C of constant symbols and sets F n of n-ary function symbols, also called operator symbols, for each natural number n ≥ 1, the set of (unsorted first-order) terms T is recursively defined to be the smallest set with the following properties: [1]

  4. Number sentence - Wikipedia

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    A valid number sentence that is true: 83 + 19 = 102. A valid number sentence that is false: 1 + 1 = 3. A valid number sentence using a 'less than' symbol: 3 + 6 < 10. A valid number sentence using a 'more than' symbol: 3 + 9 > 11. An example from a lesson plan: [6] Some students will use a direct computational approach.

  5. Sentence (mathematical logic) - Wikipedia

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    In mathematical logic, a sentence (or closed formula) [1] of a predicate logic is a Boolean-valued well-formed formula with no free variables.A sentence can be viewed as expressing a proposition, something that must be true or false.

  6. Glossary of logic - Wikipedia

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    The number of arguments or operands that a function, operation, or relation takes. In logic, it refers to the number of terms that a predicate has. assertion The principle, or axiom, that (A ∧ (A → B)) → B. [20] [21] Also called pseudo modus ponens. associativity

  7. Non-numerical words for quantities - Wikipedia

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    The English language has a number of words that denote specific or approximate quantities that are themselves not numbers. [1] Along with numerals, and special-purpose words like some, any, much, more, every, and all, they are Quantifiers. Quantifiers are a kind of determiner and occur in many constructions with other determiners, like articles ...

  8. De analysi per aequationes numero terminorum infinitas

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    Composed in 1669, [4] during the mid-part of that year probably, [5] from ideas Newton had acquired during the period 1665–1666. [4] Newton wrote And whatever the common Analysis performs by Means of Equations of a finite number of Terms (provided that can be done) this new method can always perform the same by means of infinite Equations.

  9. Grammatical number - Wikipedia

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    The quantity of apples is marked on the noun—"apple" singular number (one item) vs. "apples" plural number (more than one item)—on the demonstrative, that/those, and on the verb, is/are. In the second sentence, all this information is redundant , since quantity is already indicated by the numeral two .