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entailment
Entailment (noun) means something that follows logically from a statement, or the process by which this happens.
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1
Something that follows logically from a statement, or the process by which this happens.
"In general, every language (and, hence, every language of every theory) has numerous entailment relations on it."
— JC Beall, Michael DeVito (2023)
"Entailment does not imply causation: if a set of premisses entail a conclusion, that does not mean (necessarily) that they cause that conclusion to be true."
"The barriers that this book is about —barriers to entailment — concern the relation of logical consequence ( or its lack. )"
— Gillian K. Russell, Barriers to Entailment (2023)
2
(law) The legal act of restricting who may inherit a property.
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What is the meaning of entailment?
"entailment" (noun) means something that follows logically from a statement, or the process by which this happens.
What is another word for entailment?
Other words for "entailment" include implication, deduction.
What are the different meanings of entailment?
"entailment" has 2 main meanings: 1. Something that follows logically from a statement, or the process by which this happens; 2. (law) The legal act of restricting who may inherit a property.
