LOGICAL IMPLICATION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does logical implication mean? 

• LOGICAL IMPLICATION (noun)
  The noun LOGICAL IMPLICATION has 1 sense:

1. a logical relation between propositions p and q of the form 'if p then q'; if p is true then q cannot be false

  Familiarity information: LOGICAL IMPLICATION used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• LOGICAL IMPLICATION (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A logical relation between propositions p and q of the form 'if p then q'; if p is true then q cannot be false

Classified under:

Nouns denoting relations between people or things or ideas

Synonyms:

conditional relation; implication; logical implication

Hypernyms ("logical implication" is a kind of...):

logical relation (a relation between propositions)