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law of excluded middle

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.86 in modern English

Syllables
law of ex-clud-ed mid-dle
IPA
40
Scrabble Score
19
Letters
4
Syllables
12
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A logical principle which states all statements must be either true or false, i.e. in symbols: P∨¬P.

Inflected Forms

law of the excluded middle (alternative)

Phrases

tertium non datur

Frequently Paired Words

paracomplete tertium non datur

Synonyms

LEM

Questions

What does law of excluded middle mean?
A logical principle which states all statements must be either true or false, i.e. in symbols: P∨¬P.

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