functional calculus


noun
  1. the branch of symbolic logic that includes the sentential calculus and that deals with sentential functions and quantifiers and with logical relations between sentences containing quantifiers.

Origin of functional calculus

1
First recorded in 1930–35

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British Dictionary definitions for functional calculus

functional calculus

noun
  1. another name for predicate calculus

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