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paraconsistent

/ˌpærəkənˈsɪstənt/adjective

उच्चारण पैरकन्सिस्टन्ट

(तर्कशास्त्र में) विरोधाभास-सहिष्णु

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    [usually before noun] technical

    (in logic) describing a system of logic that can deal with contradictions without allowing every statement to be proved true

    (तर्कशास्त्र में) विरोधाभास-सहिष्णु

    • Paraconsistent logic is used to reason with databases that contain conflicting information.
    • A paraconsistent system can handle two conflicting statements without collapsing into nonsense.
    • The professor explained how a paraconsistent theory can tolerate one contradiction without collapsing.
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    • Researchers designed a paraconsistent logic to handle errors in large medical records.
    • In a paraconsistent framework, not every statement becomes true just because two claims conflict.