Comprehension
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'''Comprehension''' has the following meanings:
* In general usage, and more specifically in reference to [[education]] and [[psychology]], it has roughly the same meaning as ''[[understanding]]''.
*[[Reading comprehension]] measures the understanding of a passage of text
* In [[logic]], the ''[[comprehension (logic)|comprehension]]'' of an object is the totality of [[intension]]s, that is, properties or qualities, that it possesses.
** Related to this, in [[Anglicanism]], comprehension (or comprehensiveness) refers to the theological inclusiveness and liturgical breadth thought to be integral to the definition of the tradition
** In [[set theory]], comprehension is another name for the [[axiom schema of specification]] (or more specifically, the axiom schema of ''unrestricted'' specification).
** A related term in [[computer science]], [[list comprehension]], denotes an adaptation of mathematical set notation to represent infinite lists. Comprehensions are most closely associated with [[Haskell (programming language)|Haskell]], but are available in other languages such as [[Python (programming language)|Python]], [[Scheme (programming language)|Scheme]] and [[Common Lisp]].
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