law of the excluded middle

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law of the excluded middle [¦lȯ əvthē ik‚sklüd·əd ′mid·əl]

(mathematics)

A principle of logic whereby a proposition is either true or false but cannot be both true and false. Also known as principle of dichotomy.

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