English Explanatory Dictionary

entailment

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The act of logically entailing, the state of being entailed, or something that is entailed.
  2. The act of setting up an entail to restrict inheritance.
  3. An entail.

Pronunciation

/ɛnˈteɪl.mənt/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-entailment.wav

Word forms

entailment entailments intailment

Etymology

From entail + -ment.

Related words

material implication
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