or
see also: OR
Pronunciation Conjunction
OR
Conjunction
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see also: OR
Pronunciation Conjunction
- Connects at least two alternative words, phrases, clauses, sentences, etc. each of which could make a passage true. In English, this is the "inclusive or." The "exclusive or" is formed by "either […] or".
- In Ohio, anyone under the age of 18 who wants a tattoo or body piercing needs the consent of a parent or guardian.
- He might get cancer, or be hit by a bus, or God knows what.
- (logic) An operator denoting the disjunction of two propositions or truth values. There are two forms, the inclusive or and the exclusive or.
- Counts the elements before and after as two possibilities.
- Otherwise a consequence of the condition that the previous is false.
- It's raining! Come inside or you'll catch a cold!
- Connects two equivalent names.
- French: ou
- German: oder
- Italian: o, od (euphonic alt. form used before a vowel), oppure
- Portuguese: ou
- Russian: и́ли
- Spanish: o, (before words beginning in 'o-' or 'ho-') u
or (plural ors)
- (logic, electronics) Alternative form of OR
or
- (tincture) The gold or yellow tincture on a coat of arms.
- 1909, Arthur Charles Fox-Davies, A Complete Guide to Heraldry
- The metals are gold and silver, these being termed "or" and "argent".
- 1909, Arthur Charles Fox-Davies, A Complete Guide to Heraldry
- (gold or yellow tincture) o., Or
- Au (chemical symbol for gold)
or (not comparable)
- (tincture) Of gold or yellow tincture on a coat of arms.
or
- (obsolete) Early (on).
- (obsolete) Earlier, previously.
- (now, archaic or dialect) Before; ere.
- 1834, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner"
- I looked to heaven, and tried to pray;
- But or ever a prayer had gusht,
- A wicked whisper came, and made
- My heart as dry as dust.
- 1834, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner"
OR
Conjunction
- (logic) Inclusive or; either one proposition or the other is true or both.
- (computer science) A lexical symbol to implement inclusive or in a computer language.
- (electrical engineering) A logical gate to implement inclusive or.
or (uncountable)
- (logic) The binary operator inclusive or, true if one at least one of two inputs is true. In infix notation.
OR Truth Table Input !! rowspan="2" | Output A !! B 0 0 0 || 0 || 0 0 1 0 || 1 || 1 1 0 1 || 0 || 1 1 1 1 || 1 || 1 or
- (healthcare, countable) Initialism of operating room
- 1998, Rushmore, 00:27:55
- Max Fischer: I like your nurse's uniform, guy. -- Dr. Peter Flynn: These are O.R. scrubs. -- Max Fischer: Oh, are they?
- 1998, Rushmore, 00:27:55
- (sciences, uncountable) Initialism of operations research
- (sports, countable) Initialism of Olympic Record
- (anatomy, countable) Initialism of odorant receptor
- (anatomy, countable) Initialism of w:olfactory receptor
- (Wiktionary and WMF jargon) Initialism of original research
- ∨
- Oregon, a state of the United States of America.
- Orissa, a state of India.
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