Definition:Ambiguity
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Definition
An ambiguity is a statement which has more than one distinct meaning.
Thus a statement is ambiguous if, without extraneous clarification, it can be interpreted in more than one way.
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Sources
- 1995: Merrilee H. Salmon: Introduction to Logic and Critical Thinking: $\S 2.2, \ \S 2.5$