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Minterm vs Midterm - What's the difference?

minterm | midterm |

As nouns the difference between minterm and midterm

is that minterm is in Boolean algebra, a product term in which each variable appears once (in either its complemented or uncomplemented form) while midterm is a midterm halfway through the term school exam.

As an adjective midterm is

halfway through a term, or roughly so.

minterm

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • In Boolean algebra, a product term in which each variable appears once (in either its complemented or uncomplemented form).
    • A Boolean function can be expressed, canonically, as a sum of minterms , where each minterm corresponds to a row (of the function's truth table) whose output value is 1.

    Related terms

    * maxterm

    midterm

    English

    Adjective

    (head)
  • Halfway through a term, or roughly so.
    • The administration is suffering from the usual midterm drop in approval ratings.

    Derived terms

    * midterm election

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A midterm (halfway through the term) school exam.
  • :* I only got a C on the midterm , so I really have to study for the final.

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