predication
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English [edit]
Etymology [edit]
Middle English predicacion, from Anglo-Norman predicaciun, from Latin praedicatio, from praedicare.
Noun [edit]
predication (plural predications)
- A proclamation, announcement or preaching
- An assertion or affirmation
- (logic) A self-evident postulate
- (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
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References [edit]
- OED 2nd edition 1989
