| 单词 | truth preserving |
| 释义 | > as lemmastruth preserving truth preserving adj. (a) (in the context of art, literature, etc.) faithful to the reality of what is being represented (cf. sense A. 12a); (b) Logic (of an argument, rule of inference, etc.) resulting in a conclusion which is true whenever the statements from which it is inferred are true. ΚΠ 1841 Graham's Mag. Apr. 204/1 Others are equally caricatures, but of so vivid and truth-preserving an exaggeration, that we admire without scruple. 1913 Special Exhib. Catal. City Art Mus. St. Louis No. 12. 9 Of American painters who have sought in frontier life..themes for their art, Mr. Berninghaus can but be named among the more capable, direct and truth-preserving. 1947 H. Reichenbach Elem. Symbolic Logic iv. §33.178 The truth-preserving property of derivational processes. 2007 M. H. Salmon Logic & Crit. Thinking (ed. 5) iii. 90 Inductive arguments lack the definitive and the most valuable feature of deductive arguments—they are not truth preserving. < as lemmas |
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