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  • noun mathematics The condition of being disjoint

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  • On the other hand, suppose we introduce the following “non-trivial” counterparts for the parthood, overlap, and disjointness predicates:

    Wild Dreams Of Reality, 3 2009

  • Schönfinkel introduced a new logical constant U, that expresses the disjointness of two classes.

    Combinatory Logic Bimbó, Katalin 2008

  • The difficulty with these examples is that the exclusiveness of the states independendently of the choice of connective must mask any disjointness that the connective could itself impose.

    Disjunction Jennings, Ray 2008

  • That it does not impose any disjointness itself is best seen in its list-forming uses.

    Disjunction Jennings, Ray 2008

  • The next section provides a definition of disjointness.

    Determinates vs. Determinables Sanford, David H. 2006

  • Thomason recommends a principle of disjointness (D) (p. 98) for taxonomic systems that can be stated as follows:

    Determinates vs. Determinables Sanford, David H. 2006

  • Accordingly, the two syntactic requirements of a notation are disjointness (each mark belongs to no more than one character) and finite differentiation, or articulation (in principle, it is always possible to determine to which character a mark belongs).

    Goodman's Aesthetics Giovannelli, Alessandro 2005

  • It also means complete content disjointness, although Mediawiki sometimes helps with Interwiki links.

    Planet KDE 2009

  • Depending on the structural nature of the objects such as convexity and disjointness, the resulting clipped object may itself be disjoint or may contain islands and other interesting properties.

    The Code Project Latest Articles Arash Partow 2009

  • Slide 51: Set disjointness Cube of volume N.  Divide in N  subcubes.

    Recently Uploaded Slideshows 2009

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