entailment

(noun)

noun

1. something that is inferred (deduced or entailed or implied)

Similar word(s): deduction, implication

Definition categories: thought, illation, inference

Sentences with entailment as a noun:

- Entailment does not imply causation: if a set of premisses entail a conclusion, that does not mean (necessarily) that they cause that conclusion to be true.

- An argument hinges upon entailment whereas an if-then sentence hinges upon implication.