My right to talk about Hercules became predicated on whether my skin color allowed me the clearest understanding of enslavement.
Hence, if possible world semantics is supplemented with abstractionist definitions of possible worlds, then the logical framework of possible world semantics becomes modal predicate logic as well and, as a consequence, the extensionality of the semantics is lost once again.
Unable to accommodate burgeoning enrollment demands at scale, our leading institutions have become increasingly "exclusive" — predicated on exclusion to all but a few.
Walker never shook the boat, and seemed happy where he was as the series grew in popularity and became more ethnically predicated.
If that law had been passed, Mr. White could have become a predicate felon or a multiple predicate felon, she said.
Hair is not only intended to invoke male recognition of feminine appeal and desirability, but it has even become a predicate upon which social success and career opportunities are based.
Termination conditions may also be agreed at service negotiation (e.g., "for one day", or "until this predicate becomes true").
When 8 reactors were shut and the conversion to wind, solar and biomass became official policy, "experts" predicated energy shortages and soaring prices.
"Having women drive has become an urgent social demand predicated upon current economic circumstances," he added.
So the formula is read informally as, under certain preconditions pertaining to the action A at hand, the fluent (predicate) f becomes true of arguments x, if and only if either the condition γf+ x, A) holds or f(x) holds (before the execution of A) and the condition γf− x, A) (that would cause it to become false) does not hold.
