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open sentence

noun

Definition of OPEN SENTENCE

:  a statement (as in mathematics) that contains at least one blank or unknown and that becomes true or false when the blank is filled or a quantity is substituted for the unknown
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First Known Use of OPEN SENTENCE

1937

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