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fuzzy set

noun

Definition of fuzzy set

: a mathematical set with the property that an object can be a member of the set, not a member of the set, or any of a continuum of states of being a partial member of the set

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 Professor Zadeh originally envisioned fuzzy sets as simply a framework for harnessing language. — Cade Metz, New York Times, "Lotfi Zadeh, Father of Mathematical ‘Fuzzy Logic,’ Dies at 96," 11 Sep. 2017

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First Known Use of fuzzy set

1964, in the meaning defined above

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