stipulational

English

Etymology

stipulation +‎ -al

Adjective

stipulational (not comparable)

1. Of or pertaining to stipulation.
   • 1966, Herbert Feigl, edited by Paul Feyerabend, Mind, Matter, and Method‎^[1], Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, →OCLC, page 290:

     The initial stipulational affirmation of the Euclidean geometry G₀ in the physical Jaws P₀ used to compute the corrections in no way assures that the geometry obtained by the corrected rods will be Euclidean!

   • 1978, Oversight Hearing on Safe School Study‎^[2], Washington: U.S. Government Printing Office, →OCLC, page 30:

     On the other hand, you could, of course, not have stipulational data but, rather, as you imply, have each school submit a grant or application.

   • 1979, The Journal of Philosophy: Volume 76‎^[3], New York: F.J.E. Woodbridge, page 336:

     A stipulational world is either the actual world or an ordered pair of a world and a function from the domain of the actual world to its domain.

Derived terms

• stipulationally