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clause

[klawz] Pronunciation Key

–noun

1.	Grammar. a syntactic construction containing a subject and predicate and forming part of a sentence or constituting a whole simple sentence.

2.	a distinct article or provision in a contract, treaty, will, or other formal or legal written document.

[Origin: 1175–1225; ME claus(e) (< AF) < ML clausa, back formation from L clausula clausula

]

—Related forms

clausal, adjective

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clause (klôz) Pronunciation Key
n.

Grammar A group of words containing a subject and a predicate and forming part of a compound or complex sentence.
A distinct article, stipulation, or provision in a document.

[Middle English, from Old French, from Medieval Latin clausa, close of a rhetorical period, from feminine of Latin clausus, past participle of claudere, to close.]

claus'al (klô'zəl) adj.

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c.1225, from O.Fr. clause, from M.L. clausa, from L. clausula "a closing, termination," in legal sense, "end of a sentence or a legal argument," from clausus, fem. pp. of claudere "to close" (see close (v.)). Sense of "ending" gradually faded.

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clause
noun
1.	(grammar) an expression including a subject and predicate but not constituting a complete sentence
2.	a separate section of a legal document (as a statute or contract or will) [syn: article]

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American Heritage New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition - Cite This Source - Share This
clause

A group of words in a sentence that contains a subject and predicate. (See dependent clause and independent clause.)

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Main Entry: clause
Pronunciation: 'kloz
Function: noun
: a distinct section of a writing; specifically : a distinct article, stipulation, or proviso in a formal document clause in the collective bargaining agreement> —claus·al /'klo-z&l/ adjective

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clause
1. A logical formula in conjunctive normal form, which has the schema
p1 ^ ...^ pm => q1 V ... V qn.
or, equivalently,
~p1 V ... V ~pn V q1 V ... V qn,
where pi and qi are atoms.
The operators ~, ^, V, => are connectives, where ~ stands for negation, ^ for conjunction, V for disjunction and => for implication.
2. A part of a sentence (or programming language statement) that does not constitute a full sentence, e.g. an adjectival clause in human language or a WHERE clause in a SQL statement.
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Clause

Clause\, n. [F. clause, LL. clausa, equiv. to L. clausula clause, prop., close of ? rhetorical period, close, fr. claudere to shut, to end. See Close.]

1. A separate portion of a written paper, paragraph, or sentence; an article, stipulation, or proviso, in a legal document.

The usual attestation clause to a will. --Bouvier.

2. (Gram.) A subordinate portion or a subdivision of a sentence containing a subject and its predicate.

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Clause

Clause\, n. [Obs.] See Letters clause or close, under Letter.

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