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noun
The state or condition of being complete.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable, usually
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noun
The property of a logical theory that whenever a wff is valid then it must also be a theorem. Symbolically, letting T represent a theory within logic L, this can be represented as the property that whenever T⊨φ is true, then T⊢φ must also be true, for any wff φ of logic L.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable, usually
Topics: human-sciences, logic, mathematics, philosophy, sciences
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noun
(logic) an attribute of a logical system that is so constituted that a contradiction arises if any proposition is introduced that cannot be derived from the axioms of the system
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: logicality, logicalness
noun
the state of being complete and entire; having everything that is needed
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: incompleteness
Broader terms: integrity, unity, wholeness
Narrower terms: entirety, entireness, integrality, totality, comprehensiveness, fullness
History
Etymology tree English complete Proto-Germanic *-in- Proto-Indo-European *-h2 Proto-Indo-European *-éh2 Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh2yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h2ti Proto-Germanic *-ōną Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English completeness From complete + -ness.
Across languages
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