exclusive-or

A form of exclusive or — Exclusive disjunction: the use of or to indicate that of two predicates, one is true and one is false (without specifying which is which); contrasted with inclusive or, which does not imply that one must be false.

Meanings

nounexclusive-or (plural exclusive-ors)

plural exclusive-ors

  1. alternativeAlternative spelling of exclusive or.
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