Quine Definition

kwīn
noun
(computing) A program that produces its own source code as output.
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Synonyms:
  • willard van orman quine
  • W. V. Quine
verb
(philosophy) To deny the existence or significance of something obviously real or important.
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Other Word Forms of Quine

Noun

Singular:
Quine
Plural:
quines

Origin of Quine

  • From the name of the logician Willard van Orman Quine, via Douglas Hofstadter.

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Quine Sentence Examples

  • According to Quine, speakers ' behavioral dispositions constrain what can be plausibly said about how to best regiment their language.

  • Quine famously claimed that the use of higher-order quantifiers commits to sets, irrespective of the intended subject matter of the theory.

  • There are always the quotient structures (Quine, 1963).

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Words Starting With

QQUQUI

Words Ending With

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