PREDICATION

postulation, predication

(noun) (logic) a declaration of something self-evident; something that can be assumed as the basis for argument

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

predication (countable and uncountable, plural predications)

A proclamation, announcement or preaching.

An assertion or affirmation.

(logic) The act of making something the subject or predicate of a proposition.

(computing) The parallel execution of all possible outcomes of a branch instruction, all except one of which are discarded after the branch condition has been evaluated.

Anagrams

• procidentia, prædiction

Source: Wiktionary


Pred`i*ca"tion, n. Etym: [L. praedicatio: cf. F. prédication.]

1. The act of predicating, or of affirming one thing of another; affirmation; assertion. Locke.

2. Preaching. [Obs. or Scot.] Chaucer.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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