EXISTENTIAL OPERATOR

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does existential operator mean? 

• EXISTENTIAL OPERATOR (noun)
  The noun EXISTENTIAL OPERATOR has 1 sense:

1. a logical quantifier of a proposition that asserts the existence of at least one thing for which the proposition is true

  Familiarity information: EXISTENTIAL OPERATOR used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• EXISTENTIAL OPERATOR (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A logical quantifier of a proposition that asserts the existence of at least one thing for which the proposition is true

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

existential operator; existential quantifier

Hypernyms ("existential operator" is a kind of...):

logical quantifier; quantifier ((logic) a word (such as 'some' or 'all' or 'no') that binds the variables in a logical proposition)