Sentence examples for designator for from inspiring English sources

Some authors maintain that there are so many properties that allegedly non-rigid designators for properties always end up rigidly designating some property or other in the plenum: for example, 'the element most discussed in philosophy', a candidate non-rigid designator for gold, may be said to designate rigidly the property of being the element most discussed in philosophy.

'The length of S (at time t0)' is, on the other hand, a non-rigid designator for one meter; in this world it designates one meter but in other worlds, those in which S is heated or cooled, 'the length of S (at time t0)' designates other lengths.

Often, the vehicles also carried a laser designator for homing munitions.

function---a designator for a function that might be called with either zero or two arguments.

key---a designator for a function of one argument, or nil.

test---a designator for a function of two arguments that returns a generalized boolean.

lower-limit, upper-limit---interval designators for type float.

datum, arguments---designators for a condition of default type simple-error.

In OCLC, 539 is always entered directly after 533. 1. Include relationship designators for creators only: 100 1_ ‡a Smith, John, ‡d 1955- ‡e author.

Since many philosophers deny that rigidity applies to designators for kinds (see §4.2), designators for other entities serve better to illustrate.

Most of our designators for states of affairs are derived from assertoric sentences.