| material breach | a breach serious enough to destroy the value of the contract and to give a basis for an action for breach of contract |
| waste of material | a useless consumption of material |
conditional reflex
conditioned reflex
acquired reflex
conditional reaction
conditioned reaction
conditional response
conditioned response | an acquired response that is under the control of (conditional on the occurrence of) a stimulus |
logic programming
logic programing | creating a program that enables the computer to reason logically |
bedding material
bedding litter | material used to provide a bed for animals |
fabric
cloth
material
textile | artifact made by weaving or felting or knitting or crocheting natural or synthetic fibers, the fabric in the curtains was light and semitransparent, woven cloth originated in Mesopotamia around BC, she measured off enough material for a dress |
| gate logic gate | a computer circuit with several inputs but only one output that can be activated by particular combinations of inputs |
| logic element | an electronic device that performs an elementary logic operation |
| material | things needed for doing or making something, writing materials, useful teaching materials |
photographic paper
photographic material | light-sensitive paper on which photograph can be printed |
piece of cloth
piece of material | a separate part consisting of fabric |
| upholstery material | the fabric used in upholstering |
conditional probability
contingent probability | the probability that an event will occur given that one or more other events have occurred |
e human body
physical body
material body
soma
build
figure
physique
anatomy
shape
bod
chassis
frame form
flesh | alternative names for the body of a human being, Leonardo studied the human body, he has a strong physique, the spirit is willing but the flesh is weak |
| logic | reasoned and reasonable judgment, it made a certain kind of logic |
logic logical system
system of logic | a system of reasoning |
| Aristotelian logic | the syllogistic logic of Aristotle as developed by Boethius in the Middle Ages |
deduction entailment
implication | something that is inferred (deduced or entailed or implied), his resignation had political implications |
| logic | the principles that guide reasoning within a given field or situation, economic logic requires it, by the logic of war |
significance import
implication | a meaning that is not expressly stated but can be inferred, the significance of his remark became clear only later, the expectation was spread both by word and by implication |
| logic | the system of operations performed by a computer that underlies the machine's representation of logical operations |
| logic | the branch of philosophy that analyzes inference |
symbolic logic
mathematical logic
formal logic | any logical system that abstracts the form of statements away from their content in order to establish abstract criteria of consistency and validity |
Boolean logic
Boolean algebra | a system of symbolic logic devised by George Boole, used in computers |
propositional logic
propositional calculus | a branch of symbolic logic dealing with propositions as units and with their combinations and the connectives that relate them |
| modal logic | a system of logic whose formal properties resemble certain moral and epistemological concepts |
| alethic logic | the modal logic of necessity and possibility and contingency |
| deontic logic | the modal logic of obligation and permissibility |
| epistemic logic | the modal logic of knowledge and uncertainty and ignorance |
| doxastic logic | the modal logic of belief and disbelief |
| fuzzy logic | a form of mathematical logic in which truth can assume a continuum of values between
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| modal logic | the logical study of necessity and possibility |
writing
written material
piece of writing | the work of a writer, anything expressed in letters of the alphabet (especially when considered from the point of view of style and effect), the writing in her novels is excellent, that editorial was a fine piece of writing |
| conditional contract | a contract whose performance depends on a fact or event that affects legal relations |
| conditional sale | a sale in which the buyer receives title to the property only upon the performance of some condition (usually the full payment of the purchase price) |
logic diagram
logical diagram | a graphical representation of a program using formal logic |
logic bomb
slag code | a set of instructions inserted into a program that are designed to execute (or `explode') if a particular condition is satisfied, when exploded it may delete or corrupt data, or print a spurious message, or have other harmful effects, a disgruntled employee planted a logic bomb |
reading
reading material | written material intended to be read, the teacher assigned new readings, he bought some reading material at the airport |
| material | information (data or ideas or observations) that can be used or reworked into a finished form, the archives provided rich material for a definitive biography |
Prolog
logic programing
logic programming | a computer language designed in Europe to support natural language processing |
| implication | an accusation that brings into intimate and usually incriminating connection |
promotion
publicity
promotional material
packaging | a message issued in behalf of some product or cause or idea or person or institution, the packaging of new ideas |
| material | a person judged suitable for admission or employment, he was university material, she was vice-presidential material |
| material witness | a witness whose testimony is both relevant to the matter at issue and required in order to resolve the matter |
tangible possession
material possession | property or belongings that are tangible |
| conditional sale | a security interest taken by the seller in return for credit |
| material resource | assets in the form of material possessions |
logic operation
logical operation | an operation that follows the rules of symbolic logic |
| implication | a relation implicated by virtue of involvement or close connection (especially an incriminating involvement), he was suspected of implication in several robberies |
implication logical implication
conditional relation | a logical relation between propositions p and q of the form `if p then q', if p is true then q cannot be false |