Soundness
Definition & Meaning
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Soundness is a noun meaning (uncountable) The state or quality of being sound.
Meaning
(uncountable) The state or quality of being sound.
More Meanings
- (countable) The result or product of being sound.
- (logic) The property (of an argument) of not only being valid, but also of having true premises.
- (logic) The property of a logical theory that whenever a wff is a theorem then it must also be valid. Symbolically, letting T represent a theory within logic L, this can be represented as the property that whenever T⊢φ is true, then T⊨φ must also be true, for any wff φ of logic L.
Word Forms
- soundnesses
Synonyms for soundness
Depending on context, synonyms include firmness, wiseness, wisdom.
Antonyms for soundness
Common opposites include unsoundness.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include wiseness, wisdom, firmness, rightness, reliability, reasonableness.
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