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propositional function

Logic an expression containing at least one variable, that becomes a proposition when a constant is substituted for the variable (Ex.: x is a man)

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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