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sentential calculus

noun

  1. the branch of symbolic logic dealing with the logical relationships between statements insofar as they can be analyzed into conjunctions, disjunctions, and negations of more elementary statements.

sentential calculus

noun

  1. logic the formal theory the intended interpretation of which concerns the logical relations between sentences treated only as a whole and without regard to their internal structure

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Word History and Origins

Origin of sentential calculus1

First recorded in 1935–40

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