Explore Fol through 10+ example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Fol in a sentence
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Fol meaning
Initialism of first-order logic.
Using Fol
- The main meaning on this page is: Initialism of first-order logic.
- In the example corpus, fol often appears in combinations such as: of fol, fol can, logic fol.
Context around Fol
- Average sentence length in these examples: 21.5 words
- Position in the sentence: 3 start, 6 middle, 4 end
- Sentence types: 13 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Fol
- In this selection, "fol" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 21.5 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, logic, location, atlanticus, spring, 28r and system stand out and add context to how "fol" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include order logic fol and codex atlanticus fol 381v dated. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "fol" sits close to words such as aaon, abbv and abdalla, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with fol
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Theoretical limitations mean that a full implementation of FOL is not practical. (12 words)
Ticket sales for the FOL Spring Tea at the Carnegie will go through March 24. (15 words)
David rejects the unaccustomed armour" (detail of fol. 28r of the 13th century Morgan Bible ). (15 words)
A persistent rumour that Iqaluit was an emergency landing site for the Space Shuttle is false. citation Iqaluit shared its runway with the Royal Canadian Air Force until the Canadian Forces stopped using Iqaluit as a Forward Operating Location (FOL). (40 words)
Languages which do not have the complete formal power of FOL can still provide close to the same expressive power with a user interface that is more practical for the average developer to understand. (34 words)
With FOL it is possible to create statements (e.g. quantification over infinite sets) that would cause a system to never terminate if it attempted to verify them. (28 words)
Example sentences (13)
Ticket sales for the FOL Spring Tea at the Carnegie will go through March 24.
A persistent rumour that Iqaluit was an emergency landing site for the Space Shuttle is false. citation Iqaluit shared its runway with the Royal Canadian Air Force until the Canadian Forces stopped using Iqaluit as a Forward Operating Location (FOL).
David rejects the unaccustomed armour" (detail of fol. 28r of the 13th century Morgan Bible ).
However, FOL has two drawbacks as a knowledge representation formalism: ease of use and practicality of implementation.
In a FOL system, additional axioms are required to make inferences about the environment (for example, that a block cannot change position unless it's physically moved).
Languages which do not have the complete formal power of FOL can still provide close to the same expressive power with a user interface that is more practical for the average developer to understand.
Shortly after, a more sophisticated parachute was sketched by the polymath Leonardo da Vinci in his Codex Atlanticus (fol. 381v) dated to ca. 1485.
The issue of practicality of implementation is that FOL in some ways is too expressive.
Theoretical limitations mean that a full implementation of FOL is not practical.
The standard that Brachman and most AI researchers use to measure expressive adequacy is usually First Order Logic (FOL).
The ultimate knowledge representation formalism in terms of expressive power and compactness is First Order Logic (FOL).
Thus, a subset of FOL can be both easier to use and more practical to implement.
With FOL it is possible to create statements (e.g. quantification over infinite sets) that would cause a system to never terminate if it attempted to verify them.
Common combinations with fol
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- of fol 5×
- fol can 2×
- logic fol 2×