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SLD-resolution is a variation of linear input resolution that incorporates a special rule for selecting the next literal to be resolved upon; SLD-resolution also takes into consideration the fact that, in the computer's memory, the literals in a clause are actually ordered, that is, they form a sequence as opposed to a set.

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  1. noun Grammar A group of words containing a subject and a predicate and forming part of a compound or complex sentence.
  2. noun A distinct article, stipulation, or provision in a document.

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  • When this clause was agreed on, the terms of peace between these States and Prussia had not yet been arranged. —  Bismarck and the Foundation of the German Empire
  • "You see, the clause is a psychic feedback device that acts to maintain homeostasis." —  Smart Dragons, Foolish Elves
  • He discovered on rereading his contract a clause which permitted his patron to do this, and he admitted with half his mind-the detached judicial and legalistic half-that the clause was reasonable and proper, not inequitable. —  The Past Through Tomorrow
  • SLD-resolution is a variation of linear input resolution that incorporates a special rule for selecting the next literal to be resolved upon; SLD-resolution also takes into consideration the fact that, in the computer's memory, the literals in a clause are actually ordered, that is, they form a sequence as opposed to a set. —  Automated Reasoning
  • "It means that what is stated in this clause is an exception to what has been stated before and takes precedence over it." —  From 'Summertime': Notebooks 1972–1975
 

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  1. Middle English, from Old French, from Medieval Latin clausa, close of a rhetorical period, from feminine of Latin clausus, past participle of claudere, to close.

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  1. from Middle English clause = Dutch clause, from Old French clause, French clause = Provencal clauza, from Middle Latin clausa, a clause (L. diminutive clausula, a clause, close of a period: see clausule), from Latin clausus, past participle of cloudere, shut, close: see close, v.
 

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