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A state or condition free from damage or decay
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soundness
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Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
In mathematical logic , a logical system has the soundness property if and only if its inference rules prove only formulas that are valid with respect to its semantics . In most cases, this comes down to its rules having the property of preserving truth ...
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. a state or condition free from damage or decay [ant: unsoundness ] the quality of being prudent and sensible [syn: wisdom , wiseness ] the firmness and tone of healthy tissue; "his muscle firmness" [syn: firmness ]
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Soundness \Sound"ness\, n. The quality or state of being sound; as, the soundness of timber, of fruit, of the teeth, etc.; the soundness of reasoning or argument; soundness of faith. Syn: Firmness; strength; solidity; healthiness; truth; rectitude.
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 (context uncountable English) The state or quality of being sound. 2 (context countable English) The result or product of being sound. 3 (context logic English) The property (of an argument) of not only being valid, but also of having true premises. ...
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
late 14c., from sound (adj.) + -ness .
Usage examples of soundness.
After more than a century of constant disintegration, division, and disunification, of a constant crisis arising from the autopathic Culture-disease of rationalist-materialism, the Culture came back once more to health and soundness, to Authority and Faith.
It is a work instinct with musicianly feeling, and its strength is borne out by the soundness and skill displayed in its construction.
Llangarlians had replaced those strange, forgotten people who had built the Stone Dances, this union had been one of great soundness.
After more than a century of constant disintegration, division, and disunification, of a constant crisis arising from the autopathic Culture-disease of rationalist-materialism, the Culture came back once more to health and soundness, to Authority and Faith.
There was no question, therefore, of soundness of limb, and when he underwent the form of examination no spot nor blemish was found on him.
I not believe a most learned mathematician, whose very style attests the soundness of his judgment?
All modern-day sorcerers have to struggle fiercely to gain soundness of mind.
He had some trouble at first with the inspectors over those four projecting rooms but by using strong girders and folding money he had been able to convince them of the soundness of his engineering.
He was in the pink of condition for his age, and even the texture of his long frock coat had a character of elastic soundness, as if it were a living tissue.
It should be moved to a museum as an example of the soundness of Starfleet structural engineering practices of the twenty-second and twenty-third centuries.
Saw it all, as if it were the engine of a truck he were taking apart behind the Superette, removing one part after another in his slow way, running a careful thumb over each to feel its essential soundness under the necessary grease.