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porismatic, a.|pɔərɪzˈmætɪk, pɒr-| [f. Gr. πόρισµα, -ατ- porism + -ic.] Pertaining to or of the nature of a porism. So † porisˈmatical a. Obs. (in quot.) following immediately as a corollary; whence porisˈmatically adv. (in quot.) as a corollary, by direct inference.
1646J. Hall Horæ Vac. 119 It will Porismatically follow. 1649J. H. Motion to Parl. Adv. Learn. 11 If they be not guided by forcible demonstrations and porismaticall inferences. 1792Playfair in Trans. Roy. Soc. Edinb. III. ii. 190 Another species of impossibility may frequently arise from the porismatic case of a problem. 1886Farrar Hist. Interpr. vii. 361 The porismatic method consisted in the abstraction of dogmatic results. |