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Perfect vs Completeness - What's the difference?

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In lang=en terms the difference between perfect and completeness

is that perfect is to take an action, usually the filing of a document in the correct venue, that secures a legal right while completeness is the property of a logical theory that whenever a wff is valid then it must also be a theorem. Symbolically, letting T represent a theory within logic L, this can be represented as the property that whenever T \vDash \phi is true, then T \vdash \phi must also be true, for any wff φ of logic L.

As nouns the difference between perfect and completeness

is that perfect is the perfect tense, or a form in that tense while completeness is the state or condition of being complete.

As an adjective perfect

is fitting its definition precisely.

As a verb perfect

is to make perfect; to improve or hone.

perfect

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Alternative forms

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Etymology 1

From (etyl) perfit, from (etyl) parfit (modern: parfait), from (etyl) perfectus, perfect passive participle of . Spelling modified 15c. to conform Latin etymology.

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Fitting its definition precisely.
  • :
  • Having all of its parts in harmony with a common purpose.
  • :
  • Without fault or mistake; thoroughly skilled or talented.
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  • Excellent and delightful in all respects.
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  • *:They burned the old gun that used to stand in the dark corner up in the garret, close to the stuffed fox that always grinned so fiercely. Perhaps the reason why he seemed in such a ghastly rage was that he did not come by his death fairly. Otherwise his pelt would not have been so perfect . And why else was he put away up there out of sight?—and so magnificent a brush as he had too.
  • Representing a completed action.
  • (lb) Sexually mature and fully differentiated.
  • (lb) Of flowers, having both male (stamens) and female (carpels) parts.
  • (lb) Of a set, that it is equal to its set of limit points, i.e. set A'' is perfect if ''A =A'.
  • (lb) Describing an interval or any compound interval of a unison, octave, or fourths and fifths that are not tritones.
  • (lb) Made with equal parts of sweet and dry vermouth.
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  • (lb) Well informed; certain; sure.
  • *(William Shakespeare) (1564-1616)
  • *:I am perfect that the Pannonians are now in arms.
  • Synonyms
    * (fitting its definition precisely) accurate, flawless * (without fault or mistake) faultless, infallible * (thoroughly skilled or talented) expert, proficient * mature * bisexual, hermaphroditic * See also
    Antonyms
    * (fitting its definition precisely) flawed * (without fault or mistake) faulty, faultful, fallible * imperfect
    Derived terms
    * future perfect * nobody's perfect * past perfect * perfect number * perfect pitch * picture-perfect * pixel-perfect * practice makes perfect * present perfect * word-perfect

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (grammar) The perfect tense, or a form in that tense.
  • Etymology 2

    From (perfect) (adjective) or from (etyl)

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To make perfect; to improve or hone.
  • I am going to perfect this article.
    You spend too much time trying to perfect your dancing.
  • (legal) To take an action, usually the filing of a document in the correct venue, that secures a legal right.
  • perfect''' an appeal''; '''''perfect''' an interest''; '''''perfect a judgment
    Synonyms
    * (to make perfect) enhance, hone, improve, optimize

    Statistics

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    completeness

    Noun

    (-)
  • the state or condition of being complete
  • (logic) The property of a logical theory that whenever a wff is valid then it must also be a theorem. Symbolically, letting T'' represent a theory within logic ''L'', this can be represented as the property that whenever T \vDash \phi is true, then T \vdash \phi must also be true, for any wff ''φ'' of logic ''L .
  • *
  • THEOREM 37°. (Gödel's completeness theorem 1930.) In the predicate calculus H'':
    (a) ''If'' \vDash F [''or even if'' \aleph_0-\vDash F], ''then'' \vdash F. ''If'' E_1, . . . , E_k \vDash F [''or even if'' E_1, . . . , E_k \ \aleph_0-\vDash F], ''then
    E_1, . . . , E_k \vdash F.
    (b) [...]

    Synonyms

    *(state of being complete ): completion

    Antonyms

    * incompleteness