Unexplanatory

adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Not explanatory; failing to offer a (good or coherent) explanation.

    "If explanation is indeed tied closely to unification then it is not hard to see how the disjunctiveness characteristic of computer proof tends to yield proofs that are also considered relatively unexplanatory by mathematicians."

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"If explanation is indeed tied closely to unification then it is not hard to see how the disjunctiveness characteristic of computer proof tends to yield proofs that are also considered relatively unexplanatory by mathematicians."

Etymology

From un- + explanatory.

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