protocol sentence

noun

Within logical positivism and related schools of thought, basic observation sentences on which more complex inferential statements and definitions are dependent.

Meanings

nounprotocol sentence (plural protocol sentences)

plural protocol sentences

  1. human sciencesWithin logical positivism and related schools of thought, basic observation sentences on which more complex inferential statements and definitions are dependent.
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