valuation
English
/ˌvæ.ljuːˈeɪ.ʃən/
noun
Definitions
- An estimation of something's worth.
- (finance) The process of estimating the value of a financial asset or liability.
- (logic) An assignment of truth values to propositional variables, with a corresponding assignment of truth values to all propositional formulas with those variables (obtained through the recursive application of truth-valued functions corresponding to the logical connectives making up those formulas).
- (logic) A structure, and the corresponding assignment of a truth value to each sentence in the language for that structure.
- (algebra) A measure of size or multiplicity.
- (measure theory) A map from the class of open sets of a topological space to the set of positive real numbers including infinity.
Etymology
Derived from Middle French valuation derived from Old French valoir.
Origin
Old French
valoir
Gloss
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Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- devaluation English
- disvaluation English
- misvaluation English
- overvaluation English
- postdevaluation English
- predevaluation English
- revaluation English
- supervaluation English
- supervaluationism English
- supervaluationist English
- transvaluation English
- undervaluation English
- valuational English
- valuationally English
- valēre Latin
- valoir Old French
- valoir Middle French
- valuation Middle French