English Explanatory Dictionary

Boolean

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Of or pertaining to the work of George Boole.
  2. Pertaining to data items that can have “true” and “false” (or, equivalently, 1 and 0 respectively) as their only possible values and to operations on such values.
noun
  1. A variable that can hold a single true/false (1/0) value.
adj
  1. Alternative letter-case form of Boolean.
noun
  1. Alternative letter-case form of Boolean.

Pronunciation

/ˈbuːl.i.ən/ /buːˈli.ən/ en-uk-Boolean.ogg bo͞oʹliən bo͞oliʹən /ˈbuli.ən/ en-us-Boolean.ogg LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-boolean.wav

Word forms

Boolean Boolian Booleans

Etymology

From Boole + -ean, named after English mathematician, philosopher and logician George Boole (1815–1864).

Synonyms

flag bool

Derived words

Boolean algebra Boolean circuit Boolean function Boolean logic Boolean ring Boolean variable
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