Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

without loss of generality

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.51 in modern English

Syllables: with-out loss of -gen-er-al-i-ty
IPA

36

Scrabble Score

23

Letters

7

Syllables

15

Unique Chars

Meaning

prep_phrase

With a constraining assumption that, however, makes it clear how to apply the proof performed under this assumption to the general case unconstrained by the assumption.

Example Sentences

"We wish to prove two ellipses in the plane intersect in an even number of points or are tangent. Without loss of generality, assume one of them has the equation x²#43;y²#61;1."

Synonyms

w.l.o.g. wlog wolog

Questions

What does without loss of generality mean?: With a constraining assumption that, however, makes it clear how to apply the proof performed under this assumption to the general case unconstrained by the assumption.

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