assertion : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: assertion	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for assertion
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
assertion n a declaration that is made emphatically (as if no supporting evidence were necessary) Synonym(s): assertion, averment, asseveration the act of affirming or asserting or stating something Synonym(s): affirmation, assertion, statement
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Assertion \Asser"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. There is a difference between assertion* and demonstration. --Macaulay. 2. Maintenance; vindication; as, the assertion of one's rights or prerogatives.
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
assertion 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)