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entailment.

The act of logically entailing, the state of being entailed, or something that is entailed.

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Meaning & usage

noun/ɛnˈteɪl.mənt/
  1. The act of logically entailing, the state of being entailed, or something that is entailed.

    countable · uncountable
    Entailment does not imply causation: if a set of premisses entail a conclusion, that does not mean (necessarily) that they cause that conclusion to be true.
  2. The act of setting up an entail to restrict inheritance.

    countable · uncountable
  3. An entail.

    countable · nonstandard · uncountable
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree English entail Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥tom Proto-Italic *-mentom Latin -mentum Old French -mentbor. Middle English -ment English -ment English entailment From entail + -ment.

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