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axiom

[ US /ˈæksiəm/ ]
[ UK /ˈæksɪəm/ ]
NOUN
  1. (logic) a proposition that is not susceptible of proof or disproof; its truth is assumed to be self-evident
  2. a saying that is widely accepted on its own merits

How To Use axiom In A Sentence

  • Once tawhid is accepted as the first axiom of thought, the goal of life becomes bridging the gap between the asserter and the asserted. William C. Chittick, Ph.D.: Islam and the Goal of Love
  • Shakespeare with practical axioms and domestick wisdom. Preface to Shakespeare
  • Educators have also applied paper folding to such diverse mathematical objects as logical structures, axiomatic systems, and tessellations with geometrical figures.
  • And Archimedes proved from his axioms on the lever that two unequal weights balance at distances from the fulcrum that are inversely proportional to their weights.
  • It has become axiomatic in this country that children from deprived areas are destined to fail educationally.
  • The related axiomatic study of epistemic notions has benefited from application of techniques used for proving incompleteness and indefinability results since the early sixties. Paradoxes and Contemporary Logic
  • According to Huntington (1933), the term “Boolean algebra” was introduced by Sheffer (1913) in the paper where he showed that one could give a five-equation axiomatization of Boolean algebra using the single fundamental operation of joint exclusion, now known as the Sheffer stroke. The Algebra of Logic Tradition
  • Ordinary politics adds to these familiar ideals a further one that has no distinct place in utopian axiomatic theory.
  • A†’ B.there exists some form of connection between the antecedent A and the succedent B. Axiom A4, for example, is bad in this respect. Connexive Logic
  • From a sector perspective, this means that the government's running a deficit on goods and services axiomatically translates into the rest of the economy's running a surplus. SeekingAlpha.com: Home Page
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