Definition:Model (Predicate Logic)

 Let $\LL_1$ be the language of predicate logic.

Let $\AA$ be a structure for predicate logic.

Then $\AA$ models a sentence $\mathbf A$ :


 * $\map {\operatorname{val}_\AA} {\mathbf A} = T$

where $\map {\operatorname{val}_\AA} {\mathbf A}$ denotes the value of $\mathbf A$ in $\AA$.

This relationship is denoted:


 * $\AA \models_{\mathrm{PL} } \mathbf A$

When pertaining to a collection of sentences $\FF$, one says $\AA$ models $\FF$ :


 * $\forall \mathbf A \in \FF: \AA \models_{\mathrm{PL} } \mathbf A$

that is, it models all elements of $\FF$.

This can be expressed symbolically as:


 * $\AA \models_{\mathrm {PL} } \FF$

Also denoted as
Often, when the formal semantics is clear to be $\mathrm{PL}$, the formal semantics for structures of predicate logic, the subscript is omitted, yielding:


 * $\AA \models \mathbf A$

Also see

 * Definition:Value of Sentence in Structure for Predicate Logic
 * Definition:Model (Logic)