predicate calculus

English

Noun

predicate calculus (uncountable)

1. (logic) The branch of logic that deals with quantified statements such as "there exists an x such that..." or "for any x, it is the case that...", where x is a member of the domain of discourse.

Hypernyms

• logical calculus

Meronyms

• existential quantifier
• universal quantifier

Derived terms

• monadic predicate calculus

Related terms

• predicate logic

Translations

a branch of logic

• Finnish: predikaattilogiikka
• French: calcul des prédicats m
• German: Prädikatenlogik (de) f
• Icelandic: umsagnareikningur m
• Macedonian: предика́тна пресметка f (predikátna presmetka)
• Serbo-Croatian: predikatni račun m
• Swedish: predikatlogik