assertion

Noun
Synonyms: avermentasseverationaffirmationstatement

WordNet 3.0

Noun (2)

  1. a declaration that is made emphatically (as if no supporting evidence were necessary)Synonyms: avermentasseveration
  2. the act of affirming or asserting or stating somethingSynonyms: affirmationstatement
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Assertion \As*ser"tion\, n. [L. assertio, fr. asserere.]

1.The act of asserting, or that which is asserted; positive declaration or averment; affirmation; statement asserted; position advanced. [1913 Webster]

There is a difference between assertion and demonstration.— Macaulay.[1913 Webster]

2.Maintenance; vindication; as, the assertion of one's rights or prerogatives. [1913 Webster]

Free On-line Dictionary of Computing

assertion

<programming> 1. An expression which, if false, indicates an error. Assertions are used for debugging by catching can't happen errors.

2.In logic programming, a new fact or rule added to the database by the program at run time. This is an extralogical or impure feature of logic programming languages.

(1997-06-30)

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