postulate 音标拼音: [p'ɑstʃəl
, et] [p'ɑstʃələt]
n . 假定,基本条件
vt . 要求,假定
vi . 要求
假定,基本条件要求,假定要求
postulate 公设
postulate n 1 : (
logic )
a proposition that is accepted as true in order to provide a basis for logical reasoning [
synonym : {
postulate },
{
posit }]
v 1 :
maintain or assert ; "
He contended that Communism had no future " [
synonym : {
contend }, {
postulate }]
2 :
take as a given ;
assume as a postulate or axiom ; "
He posited three basic laws of nature " [
synonym : {
postulate }, {
posit }]
3 :
require as useful ,
just ,
or proper ; "
It takes nerve to do what she did "; "
success usually requires hard work "; "
This job asks a lot of patience and skill "; "
This position demands a lot of personal sacrifice "; "
This dinner calls for a spectacular dessert "; "
This intervention does not postulate a patient '
s consent " [
synonym : {
necessitate }, {
ask }, {
postulate },
{
need }, {
require }, {
take }, {
involve }, {
call for }, {
demand }]
[
ant : {
eliminate }, {
obviate }, {
rid of }]
Postulate \
Pos "
tu *
late \,
a .
Postulated . [
Obs .] --
Hudibras .
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Postulate \
Pos "
tu *
late \,
v .
t . [
imp . &
p .
p . {
Postulated };
p .
pr . &
vb .
n . {
Postulating }.]
1 .
To beg ,
or assume without proof ;
as ,
to postulate conclusions .
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2 .
To take without express consent ;
to assume .
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The Byzantine emperors appear to have . . .
postulated a sort of paramount supremacy over this nation . --
W .
Tooke .
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3 .
To invite earnestly ;
to solicit . [
Obs .] --
Bp .
Burnet .
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Postulate \
Pos "
tu *
late \,
n . [
L .
postulatum a demand ,
request ,
prop .
p .
p .
of postulare to demand ,
prob .
a dim .
of poscere to demand ,
prob .
for porcscere ;
akin to G .
forschen to search ,
investigate ,
Skr .
prach to ask ,
and L .
precari to pray :
cf .
F .
postulat .
See {
Pray }.]
1 .
Something demanded or asserted ;
especially ,
a position or supposition assumed without proof ,
or one which is considered as self -
evident ;
a truth to which assent may be demanded or challenged ,
without argument or evidence .
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2 . (
Geom .)
The enunciation of a self -
evident problem ,
in distinction from an axiom ,
which is the enunciation of a self -
evident theorem .
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The distinction between a postulate and an axiom lies in this , --
that the latter is admitted to be self -
evident ,
while the former may be agreed upon between two reasoners ,
and admitted by both ,
but not as proposition which it would be impossible to deny .
--
Eng .
Cyc .
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191 Moby Thesaurus words for "
postulate ":
a priori principle ,
a priori truth ,
absolute fact ,
accepted fact ,
actual fact ,
admitted fact ,
advance ,
affirm ,
affirmation ,
apriorism ,
assert ,
assertion ,
assume ,
assumed position ,
assumption ,
avant -
propos ,
aver ,
axiom ,
bald fact ,
bare fact ,
basis ,
breakthrough ,
bring before ,
bring forward ,
bring up ,
broach ,
brocard ,
brutal fact ,
call ,
categorical proposition ,
center ,
challenge ,
circumstance ,
claim ,
cold fact ,
commend to attention ,
conceded fact ,
conjecture ,
core ,
data ,
datum ,
demonstrable fact ,
dictate ,
dictum ,
elixir ,
empirical fact ,
essence ,
essential ,
established fact ,
exact ,
exordium ,
fact ,
fact of experience ,
first principles ,
flower ,
focus ,
foreword ,
formula ,
foundation ,
front matter ,
frontispiece ,
fundamental ,
gist ,
given fact ,
golden rule ,
gravamen ,
ground ,
guesswork ,
hard fact ,
heart ,
hypostasis ,
hypothesis ,
hypothesis ad hoc ,
indisputable fact ,
inescapable fact ,
inference ,
inner essence ,
innovation ,
introduce ,
introduction ,
kernel ,
launch ,
law ,
lay before ,
lay down ,
leap ,
lemma ,
major premise ,
make a motion ,
marrow ,
matter of fact ,
meat ,
minor premise ,
moot ,
move ,
naked fact ,
not guesswork ,
not opinion ,
nub ,
nucleus ,
nuts and bolts ,
offer a resolution ,
open up ,
overture ,
philosopheme ,
philosophical proposition ,
pith ,
plain ,
pose ,
posit ,
position ,
positive fact ,
postulation ,
postulatum ,
preamble ,
predicate ,
preface ,
prefer ,
prefix ,
prefixture ,
preliminary ,
prelude ,
premise ,
presume ,
presumption ,
presupposal ,
presupposition ,
principium ,
principle ,
proem ,
prolegomena ,
prolegomenon ,
prolepsis ,
prologue ,
propose ,
proposition ,
propositional function ,
propound ,
protasis ,
provable fact ,
put forth ,
put forward ,
put it to ,
quid ,
quiddity ,
quintessence ,
recommend ,
require ,
requisition ,
rule ,
salient fact ,
sap ,
self -
evident fact ,
self -
evident truth ,
set before ,
set forth ,
set of postulates ,
settled principle ,
significant fact ,
simple fact ,
sober fact ,
solicit ,
soul ,
spirit ,
start ,
statement ,
stubborn fact ,
stuff ,
submit ,
substance ,
suggest ,
sumption ,
supposal ,
supposing ,
supposition ,
surmise ,
the case ,
the nitty -
gritty ,
theorem ,
thesis ,
truism ,
truth ,
truth table ,
truth -
function ,
truth -
value ,
undeniable fact ,
universal truth ,
verse ,
voluntary ,
well -
known fact ,
working hypothesis
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