assertions

n. statement, declaration; defense of one's rights

Noun
1. a declaration that is made emphatically (as if no supporting evidence were necessary)
(synonym) averment, asseveration
(hypernym) declaration
(hyponym) claim
(derivation) assert, asseverate, maintain
2. the act of affirming or asserting or stating something
(synonym) affirmation, statement
(hypernym) speech act
(hyponym) say-so
(derivation) affirm, verify, assert, avow, aver, swan, swear

n. assertion, statement

<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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