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  2. Negation - Wikipedia

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    Within a system of classical logic, double negation, that is, the negation of the negation of a proposition , is logically equivalent to . Expressed in symbolic terms, ¬ ¬ P ≡ P {\displaystyle \neg \neg P\equiv P} .

  3. Affirmation and negation - Wikipedia

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    Negative polarity can be indicated by negating words or particles such as the English not, or the Japanese affix-nai, or by other means, which reverses the meaning of the predicate. The process of converting affirmative to negative is called negation – the grammatical rules for negation vary from language to language, and a given language may ...

  4. Double negative - Wikipedia

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    This is typically used to convey a different shade of meaning from a strictly positive sentence ("You're not unattractive" vs "You're attractive"). Multiple negation is the more general term referring to the occurrence of more than one negative in a clause. In some languages, double negatives cancel one another and produce an affirmative; in ...

  5. Negation (disambiguation) - Wikipedia

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    Negation is a connective in logic and an operation computing that maps true to false and false to true. Negation may also refer to: Negation (linguistics), a grammatical operation by which a proposition is replaced by one that states the opposite, as by the addition of not; Negation, a CrossGen comic

  6. Yes and no - Wikipedia

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    Like Early Modern English, the Romanian language has a four-form system. The affirmative and negative responses to positively phrased questions are da and nu, respectively. But in responses to negatively phrased questions they are prefixed with ba (i.e. ba da and ba nu). nu is also used as a negation adverb, infixed between subject and verb ...

  7. Syntax and semantics of logic programming - Wikipedia

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    The stable model semantics defines the meaning of a logic program with negation to be its stable model, if there is exactly one. However, it can be useful to investigate all (or at least, several) of the stable models of a program; this is the goal of answer set programming .

  8. Glossary of policy debate terms - Wikipedia

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    The difference is between saying "our plan is significantly (or substantially) topical because it is a specific implementation of the resolution", which does not mean much other than it is minimal in terms of Grounding, and "our plan's solvency is significant (or substantial)", which is what judges are looking for about plans and the resolution ...

  9. Polarity item - Wikipedia

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    A negation is a negative polarity item, abbreviated NPI or NEG. The linguistic environment in which a polarity item appears is a licensing context . In the simplest case, an affirmative statement provides a licensing context for a PPI, while negation provides a licensing context for an NPI.