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mutually exclusive

TECHNICAL TERM DETAILS (English)

Term mutually exclusive

Referenced by:
contradictory (alternative term)
Tibetan 'gal-ba
Sanskrit
Pali
Definition Two sets are mutually exclusive if they do not share any common locus -- neither contains a member that also belongs to the other. Also translated as "contradictory."

TRANSLATIONS

Arabic عدم التقاطع
German sich gegenseitig ausschließend
Jeffrey Hopkins En, Ti... contradiction; contradictory; mutually exclusive; mutually exclusive phenomena
Russian взаимоисключающие