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Boolean Pronunciation
Boolean is pronounced boo-LEE-uhn, IPA /buˈliən/.
boo-LEE-uhn
US /buˈliən/
Syllables: boo · LEE · uhn (3 syllables, stress on syllable 2)
adjective and noun: Relating to a logic of true and false values, named after the mathematician George Boole.
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Boolean in a Sentence
- The field takes a boolean and nothing else.
- Boolean search uses AND, OR, and NOT.
- Every condition resolves to a boolean in the end.
Common Mispronunciations of Boolean
Not BOO-lee-uhn
Dictionaries give the punch to LEE, in the middle, though front stress is extremely widespread among programmers and nobody objects to it.
Not BOH-lee-uhn
The double o is the oo of pool, since the word carries a surname that rhymes with school. An oh there would need the name to be Bolean.
Tip: Capitalised Boolean honours the man, and lower-case boolean is the data type, but the two are said alike.
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