释义 |
modalize, v.|ˈməʊdəlaɪz| [f. modal a. + -ize.] trans. To render modal. Hence modaˈlizable a., modaliˈzation; ˈmodalized ppl. a.
1857A. B. Wilson in Oxford Ess. 115 All dogmatic statements must be held to be modalized by greater or less probability. 1955A. N. Prior Formal Logic iii. i. 202 ‘Modalization’ here plays a part. Ibid., Provided that no propositional variable occurring in β occurs in α unless it is ‘modalized’, i.e. is either immediately preceded by ‘M’ or ‘L’ or occurs as part of a propositional formula which as a whole is preceded by ‘M’ or ‘L’. Ibid. 209 A similar hexagon..could be constructed for modalized conjunctive and alternative forms. 1957― Time & Modality 137 The only modalizable forms are single variables with or without a preceding sequence of N's. 1963A. Kenny Action, Emotion & Will ix. 189 Descriptions of formal objects can be formed trivially simply by modalizing the relevant verbs. 1973J. J. Zeman Modal Logic v. 80 Systems containing only a finite number of non-equivalent modalities will..be called ‘systems of complete modalization’. Ibid., A formula is completely modalized if the prefixing of modal operators to it does not change its ‘modal quality’. |