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单词 postulate
释义 postulate
 —postulation,  n.   —postulational,  adj.  
  v.   /pos"cheuh layt'/;  n.   /pos"cheuh lit, -layt'/,  v.  , postulated, postulating,  n.  
  v.t.  
  1. to ask, demand, or claim.
  2. to claim or assume the existence or truth of, esp. as a basis for reasoning or arguing.
  3. to assume without proof, or as self-evident; take for granted.
  4.  Math.  ,  Logic.   to assume as a postulate.
  n.  
  5. something taken as self-evident or assumed without proof as a basis for reasoning.
  6.  Math.  ,  Logic.   a proposition that requires no proof, being self-evident, or that is for a specific purpose assumed true, and that is used in the proof of other propositions; axiom.
  7. a fundamental principle.
  8. a necessary condition; prerequisite.
 [1525-35; < L postulatum petition, thing requested, n. use of neut. of ptp. of postulare to request, demand, akin to poscere to request]
 Syn. 3. hypothecate, presuppose, conjecture. 5. hypothesis, theory; axiom; assumption, conjecture.
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