Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In logic: A sign, symbol, or word expressing logical quantity.
- noun The act of predesignating.
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For if both premises be affirmative, _all_ their terms are undistributed, the subjects by predesignation, the predicates by position; and therefore the middle term must be undistributed, and there can be no conclusion.
Logic Deductive and Inductive Carveth Read 1889
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Logic "to make explicit in language whatever is implicit in thought," have proposed to exhibit the quantity of predicates by predesignation, thus: 'Some men are _some_ wise (beings)'; 'some men are not _any_ brave
Logic Deductive and Inductive Carveth Read 1889
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SB 1338 by Senator Carole Migden (D-San Francisco) - Workers 'compensation: medical treatment: predesignation of physician.
AroundTheCapitol.com 2008
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SB 1338 by Senator Carole Migden (D-San Francisco) - Workers 'compensation: medical treatment: predesignation of physician.
AroundTheCapitol.com 2008
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