Associations to the word «Predication»

Wiktionary

PREDICATION, noun. A proclamation, announcement or preaching
PREDICATION, noun. An assertion or affirmation
PREDICATION, noun. (logic) The act of making something the subject or predicate of a proposition
PREDICATION, noun. (computing) The parallel execution of all possible outcomes of a branch instruction, all except one of which are discarded after the branch condition has been evaluated

Dictionary definition

PREDICATION, noun. (logic) a declaration of something self-evident; something that can be assumed as the basis for argument.

Wise words

A word is not a crystal, transparent and unchanged; it is the skin of a living thought and may vary greatly in color and content according to the circumstances and time in which it is used.
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.