A pointed V, denoting inclusive disjunction in formal logic.
Also known as: Vel, V shape
∨ is logical disjunction: the statement it joins is true when at least one part is. It is inclusive — unlike the everyday word 'or', it is satisfied when both parts hold.
Is encoded as U+2228 LOGICAL OR in the Mathematical Operators block.
Contexts: Mathematics
Denotes inclusive disjunction: the compound statement is true when at least one of the statements it joins is true, including when both are.
Contexts: Mathematics
Takes its shape from the Latin vel, the word for the inclusive sense of 'or' — a distinction Latin marks and English does not, which is why the everyday word so often misleads.
Contexts: Mathematics
Two straight strokes descending from above to meet at a sharp point below, like a capital V.
Disjunction against conjunction, dual under negation.
The sharp-cornered logical form beside the rounded set-theoretic one.