exclusive or
Exclusive disjunction: the use of or to indicate that of two predicates, one is true…Exclusive disjunction: the use of or to indicate that of two predicates, one is true and one is false (without specifying which is which); contrasted with inclusive or, which does not imply that one must be false.
» "Good family man" isn't mutually exclusive with "Arab" or "Muslim."
Meaning
3 sensesExclusive disjunction: the use of or to indicate that of two predicates, one is true and one is false (without specifying which is which); contrasted with inclusive or, which does not imply that one must be false.
(broadly)Exclusive disjunction: the use of or to indicate that of two or more predicates, an odd number are true (without specifying which or how many); contrasted with inclusive or, which indicates only that one or more is true.
An exclusive disjunction; the result of applying the above-described exclusive or to two or more predicates; contrasted with an inclusive or, which is the result of applying an inclusive or.
exklusives Oder
исключа́ющее «ИЛИ»
Examples
2 sentences"Good family man" isn't mutually exclusive with "Arab" or "Muslim."
"Would you like tea or coffee, sir?" "Well, that depends on whether you mean inclusive or or exclusive or."
Translations
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Origin
exclusive + or.exclusive + or.
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