soundness
IPA: sˈaʊndnʌs
noun
- (uncountable) The state or quality of being sound.
- (countable) The result or product of being sound.
- (logic) The property (of an argument) of not only being valid, but also of having true premises.
- (logic) The property of a logical theory that whenever a wff is a theorem then it must also be valid. Symbolically, letting T represent a theory within logic L, this can be represented as the property that whenever T⊢ϕ is true, then T⊨ϕ must also be true, for any wff φ of logic L.
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Examples of "soundness" in Sentences
- It is a mark of wisdom to recuse for the sake of procedural soundness.
- "That's very good news for the long-term soundness of the U.S. economy."
- What will it take for markets to be convinced of the long-term soundness of European public finances?
- But the three-month lending rate rose Thursday, suggesting that fears about banks 'longer-term soundness remain.
- One indication of financial soundness is the debt-equity ratio - the proportion of what a utility owes to what it owns.
- Warren Buffett likes to say that his real interest is in the long-term soundness of a stock, not in its daily market fluctuations.
- The community's, i.e. Cherokee's, financial soundness is a result of low expenditures and a very high soldier's retirement, he says.
- Sometimes we need to just say no or to use the substantial powers we have been given, especially when safety and soundness is at stake.
- The confusion is rooted in a failure to distinguish between cyclical budget problems and the longer-term soundness of state and local borrowing.
- We learn that members are required to provide a "picture of the structure and finances of government" that is complete enough for an assessment of its "soundness" -- but an assessment by whom, and what if a government fails the test?
- This example confirms what we know about argument: logical/formal soundness is important, but the biases that audiences bring to the table are equally important — because the success of an argument ultimately depends on whether or not it actually persuades.