truth-value

[ trooth-val-yoo ]
/ ˈtruθˌvæl yu /

noun Logic.

the truth or falsehood of a proposition: The truth-value of “2 + 2 = 5” is falsehood.

Origin of truth-value

First recorded in 1915–20

Example sentences from the Web for truth-value

  • But we recognised in the principle of truth-value an important advance towards a theory of knowledge.

    The Problem of Truth |H. Wildon Carr

British Dictionary definitions for truth-value

truth-value

noun

logic
  1. either of the values, true or false, that may be taken by a statement
  2. by analogy, any of the values that a semantic theory may accord to a statement

Scientific definitions for truth-value

truth-value
[ trōōthvăl′yōō ]

The truth or falsity of a logical proposition.