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soundness
English
Etymology
From sound +? -ness
Noun
soundness (countable and uncountable, plural soundnesses)
- (uncountable) The state or quality of being sound.
- (countable) The result or product of being sound.
- (logic) The property (of an argument) of not only being valid, but also of having true premises.
- (logic) The property of a logical theory that whenever a wff is a theorem then it must also be valid. Symbolically, letting T represent a theory within logic L, this can be represented as the property that whenever is true, then must also be true, for any wff ? of logic L.
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certainty
English
Etymology
From Middle English certeynte (“surety”), from Anglo-Norman certeinte, from Old French certeinete, from Vulgar Latin *cert?nit?s, from Latin certus.
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /?s?tn?ti/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?s??tn?ti/
- Hyphenation: cer?tain?ty
Noun
certainty (countable and uncountable, plural certainties)
- The state of being certain.
- Synonyms: certitude, sureness
- Antonyms: doubt, uncertainty
- October 12, 1786, Fisher Ames, "Lucius Junius Brutus", in Independent Chronicle
- The certainty of punishment is the truest security against crimes.
- An instance of being certain.
- A fact or truth unquestionably established.
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:sure thing
- November 2 2014, Daniel Taylor, "Sergio Agüero strike wins derby for Manchester City against 10-man United," guardian.co.uk
- Yet the truth is that City would probably have been coasting by that point if the referee, Michael Oliver, had not turned down three separate penalties, at least two of which could be accurately described as certainties.
- 1824, Walter Savage Landor, Imaginary Conversations Volume 1
- Certainties are uninteresting and sating.
Derived terms
- certainty equivalent
- of a certainty
Related terms
- certain
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Further reading
- certainty on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
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