As nouns the difference between syllogism and equation
is that syllogism is an inference in which one proposition (the conclusion) follows necessarily from two other propositions, known as the premises while equation is (assertion) An assertion that two expressions are equal, expressed by writing the two expressions separated by an equal sign; from which one is to determine a particular quantity.
syllogism
Noun
(
en noun)
(logic) An inference in which one proposition (the conclusion) follows necessarily from two other propositions, known as the premises.
* "All humans are mortal. You are a human. Therefore you will die" is a syllogism.
(obsolete) A trick, artifice.
Meronyms
* (inference) (l), (l)
Related terms
* syllogismus
See also
* enthymeme
* sorites
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equation
Alternative forms
* (archaic)
Noun
(
en noun)
(senseid)(mathematics) An assertion that two expressions are equal, expressed by writing the two expressions separated by an equal sign; from which one is to determine a particular quantity.
(astronomy) A small correction to observed values to remove the effects of systematic errors in an observation.
Derived terms
(Derived terms)
* algebraic equation
* Arrhenius equation
* chemical equation
* differential equation
* Diophantine equation
* Drake equation
* integral equation
* Kepler's equation
* Lagrange's equations
* linear equation
* Navier-Stokes equation
* parametric equation
* partial differential equation
* Pell's equation
* personal equation
* polynomial equation
* quadratic equation
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* Van der Waals equation
* wave equation
Related terms
* equality
* equational
* identity
* inequation
* inequality
