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Buck, pitcher, charged and battery are just a few examples of equivocal terms. These are words that sound the same (and are spelled the same) yet have completely different meanings. In formal logic, one must avoid using these terms in inconsistent ways. For example: A buck is worth one hundred cents. Hunter Jones shot a buck with his rifle. Therefore, Hunter Jones shot something worth 100 cents. Logicians would say that we have equivocated on the word "buck", which means one thing in the first sentence, but another in the second. Equivocal terms show up in popular usage when people make puns. Ty Cobb is a great pitcher, so tip him over and pour me a glass of lemonade. Did you hear about the Energizer Bunny? He was charged with battery. The humor is in the differences between electrical charges and criminal charges, as well as between electrical batteries and the crime of assualt and battery.
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∙ 6y agoThe word 'equivocal' is an adjective used to describe a noun as open to more than one interpretation; ambiguous; vague, used to mislead or confuse.
Examples:
His lawyer made equivocal statements at the press conference.
There were no eyewitnesses, and the physical evidenceseemed equivocal.
The parish committee was equivocal when it came to the location of the new church.
The public response to the students' non-traditional adaptation of Hamlet was equivocal. The class was not sure if the audience liked it or not.
Keith seemed equivocal about whether he had landed the job or not, as he had been unable to accurately gauge the mood of the director who had interviewed him for the position.
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∙ 14y agoThe repairman was equivocal about whether or not it could be fixed.
Our daughter came home 4 hours past her curfew last night, and was very equivocal about where she'd been.
The doctor would only give us equivocal answers regarding whether or not there's a chance she can recover.
The author seems equivocal about what he really wants to say, as if he doesn't want to commit himself to one perspective.
All of a sudden she has all this cash, and she is very equivocal whenever you ask her where she got it from.
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Examples of singular terms in logic?
give me an example of singular terms
What is opposite of unequivocal?
Equivocal.
What are some synonyms for equivocal?
"Equivocal" is defined as being "open to more than one interpretation." Popular choices of synonyms include doubtful, dubious, questionable, and uncertain.
Antonym of the word ambiguous?
equivocal, vague
What is equivocal?
Equivocal means ambiguous, having more than one possible meaning. An example is the line from the Kinks' song, Lola: "I'm glad I'm a man and so is Lola." The statement is equivocal because it is not clear whether Lola is glad that the singer is a man or whether Lola is glad that Lola is a man (the context of the song suggests that this is a possibility).
Examples of equivocal term?
examples of univocal terms?
Give an example of equivocal terms?
5 equivocal term
What is equivocal terms?
Equivocal terms refer to words that are pronounced two different ways, and have separate meanings. Some examples include abstract, address, bass, and close.
More examples of equivocal terms in logic?
Equivocal means that the two things are different. For example, a person in a painting and a real human are two different things.
Distribution of terms in logic?
univocal terms equivocal terms analogous terms
More examples of univocal analogous and equivocal terms in logic what is the meaning of univocal analogous and equivocal terms in logic?
In logic, univocal terms have the same meaning across contexts, analogous terms have a related but not identical meaning, and equivocal terms have completely different meanings in different contexts. For example, "bank" referring to a financial institution (univocal), a riverbank (analogous), and a memory bank in a computer (equivocal). Another example is "light" meaning visible electromagnetic radiation (univocal), lightweight in weight (analogous), and not heavy or dark in color (equivocal).
Examples of singular terms in logic?
give me an example of singular terms
Give examples of univocal terms in sentence?
"The delicious chocolate cake was devoured by the hungry children." "The bright sun shone down from a clear blue sky." "The tall trees swayed gently in the breeze."
Give 5 examples of undefined terms?
Line,point
Give examples of 3 undefined terms?
Undifined terms are terms that don't and can't be broken down any more. Three examples: point, line, plane.
5 examples of univocal analogous and equivocal terms in logic what is the meaning of univocal analogous and equivocal terms in logic?
First, a term is a word (verbal expression) that represents a mental concept. Logicians say that all terms are either univocal, expressing one clear concept, equivocal, expressing different concepts although they look the same, or analogous, expressing different but related meanings. These three categories label the signification of the term. Five examples of univocal terms would be: 1. Phillips head screwdriver 2. The Ptolemaic Model of the Cosmos 3. President George Washington of the United States 4. Decaffinated coffee 5. Astronaut Notice that univocal terms often come from precise fields like math and science. Five analogous terms would be: 1. Chair (furniture or university department head who "chairs" his section) 2. Bread (baked grain and yeast or the money we need to buy it) 3. Lift (action of picking up or the elevator that lifts us) 4. Wheels (the round tires or the whole car) 5. Computer (the machine or a person who works figures) Five equivocal terms: 1. Pitcher (baseball thrower or liquid container) 2. Bit (piece of food or metal in horse's mouth) 3. Top (upper part or spinning toy) 4. mail (chain armor or postal letters) 5. ring (jewelery or a phone noise) Many equivocal terms may have started as analogies, but the connect is now forgotten.
What is opposite of unequivocal?
Equivocal.
