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inclusion relation

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inclusion relation [iŋ′klü·zhən ri‚lā·shən]
(mathematics)
A set theoretic relation, usually denoted by the symbol ⊂, such that, if A and B are two sets, A ⊂ B if and only if every element of A is an element of B.
Any relation on a Boolean algebra which is reflexive, antisymmetric, and transitive.


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2 Information Content Inclusion Relation (IIR) Given two random events, say X and Y, there might be a special type of relation between them, i.
between mammal and squirrel), appears to be, on the one hand, a relation of schematicity (and, by the same token it reduces to "precision of specification" (Langacker 1991:61)), and on the other hand, a kind of inclusion relation, which obtains between a subset and a set.
 
 
 
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