Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

valuation function

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.71 in modern English

Syllables: val-u-a-tion -func-tion
IPA

25

Scrabble Score

17

Letters

6

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A function which assigns a truth value to every well-formed formula, which is identical to the model's interpretation function when applied to atomic propositions, and which otherwise assigns a truth value recursively depending on the formula's top logical connective and the truth values of the subformulae surrounding that logical connective.

Example Sentences

"Say that a model's interpretation assigns true to A and false to B. Then the valuation function assigns false to "not A", true to "not B", false to "A implies B", false to "A and B", and true to "A or B"."

Inflected Forms

valuation functions (plural)

Questions

What does valuation function mean?: A function which assigns a truth value to every well-formed formula, which is identical to the model's interpretation function when applied to atomic propositions, and which otherwise assigns a truth value recursively depending on the formula's top logical connective and the truth values of the subformulae surrounding that logical connective.

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