power set
noun
,
Mathematics
1.
the collection of all subsets of a given set.
Origin
1950-55
Examples from the web for
power set
Instead of being drawn into the new
power set
-up, many of them in the past few months have been hauled off to prison.
In a conventional
power set
context, every element of the
power set
has a complement which is also a member of the
power set
.
Many set theorists agree that it is the
power set
axiom which causes problem.
British Dictionary definitions for
power set
power set
noun
1.
(
maths
,
logic
) a set the elements of which are all the subsets of a given set