(logic) NC A proposition which is the contradictory of another proposition and which can be obtained from that other proposition by the appropriatelyplaced addition/insertion of the word "not". (Or, in symbolic logic, by prepending that proposition with the symbol for the logical operator "not".).
You get the negation of a proposition if you insert "not" (or some equivalent expression) into it in such a wayas toform a contradictory of it.
(logic) The logical operation which obtains such (negated) propositions.
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Meaning of negation for the defined word.
Grammaticalement, ce mot "negation" est un nom, plus spécifiquement, un noms dénombrable et un singularia tantum.