entailment
English
Alternative forms
- intailment (rare)
Etymology
entail + -ment
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɛnˈteɪl.mənt/
Noun
entailment (countable and uncountable, plural entailments)
- The act of entailing, the state of being entailed, or something that is entailed.
- 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.
- An argument hinges upon entailment whereas an if-then sentence hinges upon implication.
See also
- material implication
Translations
state of being entailed
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