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    3. 否定

    否定

    否ひ定てい

    denial

    N3KMT4News #5+1CoreTechnologyScience & MathKanji Vocab15 strokes

    ひてい

    Noun, Participle, Verb, Transitive

    1.
    denial, negation, repudiation, disavowal

    Noun

    2.
    negation
    logic
    3.
    NOT operation
    computing

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    彼かれはその事じ実じつを否ひ定ていした。

    He denied that fact.

    KMT3Core Concepts
    彼かの女じょは自じ分ぶんの関かん与よを強つよく否ひ定ていした。

    She strongly denied her involvement.

    KMT4Daily LifeEmotions & Psychology
    プログラミングでは、条じょう件けんの否ひ定ていによく「not」が使がつかわれる。

    In programming, "not" is often used for the negation of conditions.

    KMT5TechnologyScience & Math
    彼かれの意ない見けんは、これまでの常じょう識しきを否ひ定ていするものだった。

    His opinion was one that negated conventional wisdom up to now.

    KMT6Core ConceptsReligion & Philosophy
    科か学がくでは、仮か説せつを否ひ定ていする証しょう拠こを見みつけることが重じゅう要ようだ。

    In science, finding evidence that negates a hypothesis is important.

    KMT6Science & Math

    Kanji that make up this word

    否
    いな・いや…(1)
    negate・no・noes・refuse・decline…(1)
    定
    さだ.める・さだ.まる・さだ.か…(3)
    determine・fix・establish・decide
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