predicate calculus

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Noun

predicate calculus (uncountable)

1. (logic) The branch of logic that deals with quantified statements such as "there exists an x such that..." or "for any x, it is the case that...", where x is a member of the domain of discourse.

Hypernyms

• logical calculus

Meronyms

• existential quantifier
• universal quantifier

Derived terms

• monadic predicate calculus

Related terms

• predicate logic

Translations

a branch of logic

Finnish: predikaattilogiikka French: calcul des prédicats m German: Prädikatenlogik (de) f Icelandic: umsagnareikningur m Macedonian: предика́тна пресметка f (predikátna presmetka) Serbo-Croatian: predikatni račun m Swedish: predikatlogik