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ax·i·om
[ak-see-uh
m] Pronunciation Key
[ak-see-uh
m] Pronunciation Key –noun
| 1. | a self-evident truth that requires no proof. |
| 2. | a universally accepted principle or rule. |
| 3. | Logic, Mathematics. a proposition that is assumed without proof for the sake of studying the consequences that follow from it. |
[Origin: 1475–85; < L axiōma < Gk: something worthy, equiv. to axiō-, var. s. of axioûn to reckon worthy + -ma resultative n. suffix
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| ax·i·om
(āk'sē-əm) Pronunciation Key
n.
[Middle English, from Old French axiome, from Latin axiōma, axiōmat-, from Greek, from axios, worthy; see ag- in Indo-European roots.] |
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axiom
1485, from M.Fr. axiome, from L. axioma, from Gk. axioma "authority," lit. "that which is thought worthy or fit," from axioun "to think worthy," from axios "worthy, worth, of like value, weighing as much," from PIE adj. *ag-ty-o- "weighty," from base *ag- "to drive, draw, move" (cf. Gk. agein "weigh, pull").
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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| axiom | |
noun | |
| 1. | a saying that is widely accepted on its own merits [syn: maxim] |
| 2. | (logic) a proposition that is not susceptible of proof or disproof; its truth is assumed to be self-evident |
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The American Heritage Science Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
| axiom
(āk'sē-əm) Pronunciation Key
A principle that is accepted as true without proof. The statement "For every two points P and Q there is a unique line that contains both P and Q" is an axiom because no other information is given about points or lines, and therefore it cannot be proven. Also called postulate. |
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axiom [(ak-see-uhm)]
[Chapter:] Physical Sciences and Mathematics
axiom [(ak-see-uhm)]
In mathematics, a statement that is unproved but accepted as a basis for other statements, usually because it seems so obvious.
Note: The term axiomatic is used generally to refer to a statement so obvious that it needs no proof.
[Chapter:] Physical Sciences and Mathematics
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AXIOM language
A commercially available subset of Scratchpad, from IBM.
["Axiom - The Scientific Computing System", R. Jenks et al, Springer 1992].
(1995-02-21)
The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing, © 1993-2007 Denis Howe
Free On-line Dictionary of Computing - Cite This Source - Share This
axiom logic
A well-formed formula which is taken to be true without proof in the construction of a theory.
Compare: lemma.
(1995-03-31)
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
Axiom
Ad"age\, n. [F. adage, fr. L. adagium; ad + the root of L. aio I say.] An old saying, which has obtained credit by long use; a proverb. Letting "I dare not" wait upon "I would," Like the poor cat i' the adage. --Shak. Syn: Axiom; maxim; aphorism; proverb; saying; saw; apothegm. See Axiom.
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axiom
axiom: in CancerWEB's On-line Medical Dictionary
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