Credal

adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Alternative spelling of creedal. alt-of, alternative, not-comparable

    "We are not aware that a complete report of the lecture has yet reached this country, but the head and front of Mr. Justice Higinbotham's offending, according to his critics, seems to be that he has seen fit to inveigh against credal systems as corrupting the primitive simplicity of Christ's teaching."

  2. 2
    Describes a probability based on belief. not-comparable

    "It is important to note that there are credal sets that cannot be represented by a credal network of the above form."

Adjective
  1. 1
    of or relating to a creed wordnet

Example

More examples

"We are not aware that a complete report of the lecture has yet reached this country, but the head and front of Mr. Justice Higinbotham's offending, according to his critics, seems to be that he has seen fit to inveigh against credal systems as corrupting the primitive simplicity of Christ's teaching."

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