sentential calculus
noun
the branch of symbolic logic dealing with the logical relationships between statements insofar as they can be analyzed into conjunctions, disjunctions, and negations of more elementary statements.
Also called
propositional calculus,
sentential logic.
Origin of sentential calculus
First recorded in 1935–40
Words nearby sentential calculus
sentence stress,
sentence substitute,
sentencing circle,
sententia,
sentential,
sentential calculus,
sentential connective,
sentential function,
sententious,
senti,
sentience
British Dictionary definitions for sentential calculus
sentential calculus
noun
logic
the formal theory the intended interpretation of which concerns the logical relations between sentences treated only as a whole and without regard to their internal structure