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Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

modal logic

/mōd'-əl läj'-ĭk/ · mo·dal log·ic · IPA
01 n. A system of logic which studies how to combine propositions which include the concepts of necessity, possibility, and obligation.
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    A system of logic which studies how to combine propositions which include the concepts of necessity, possibility, and obligation.