| 释义 | material implication
 material implicationn  1.  (Logic) the truth-functional connective that forms a compound sentence from two given sentences and assigns the value false to it only when its antecedent is true and its consequent false, without consideration of relevance; loosely corresponds to the English if … then  2.  (Logic) a compound sentence formed with this connectivematerial implication
 material implication[mə¦tir·ē·əl ‚im·plə′kā·shən]  (mathematics)  implication |