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open sentence - 2 dictionary results

open sentence

–noun
1. Mathematics. an equation or inequality containing one or more variables in which its truth or falsehood depends upon the values assumed by the variables in a particular instance, as the equation x + 3 = 8.
2. Logic. a propositional function that contains a free variable, as “x is a man.”

Origin:
1935–40
open sentence  
n.   Mathematics
An expression that contains at least one unknown quantity and becomes true or false when a test value is substituted for the unknown.
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