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Definition of 'axiom'Noun
( en-noun); also axiomata (though, becoming less common and sometimes considered archaic)
(philosophy) A seemingly which cannot actually be proved or disproved.
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(mathematics|logic|proof theory) A fundamental of theorems. Examples: "Through a pair of distinct points there passes exactly one straight line", "All right angles are congruent".
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- The axioms read as follows. For every composable pair f'' and ''g'' the composite goes from the domain of ''g'' to the codomain of ''f''. For each object ''A'' the identity arrow goes from ''A'' to ''A . Composing any arrow with an identity arrow (supposing that the two are composable) gives the original arrow. And composition is associative.
An established principle in some artistic practice or science that is universally received.
- The axioms of political economy cannot be considered absolute truths.
Synonyms
* (now rare)
Hypernyms
* (in logic) well-formed formula, wff, WFF
Hyponyms
* (in mathematics)
* (in mathematics)
* (in mathematics)
Holonyms
* (in logic) formal system
Derived terms
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Related terms
* axiomatize
* axiomatization
See also
( other terms of interest)
* conjecture
* corollary
* demonstration
* hypothesis
* law
* lemma
* porism
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* postulate
* premise
* principle
* proof
* proposition
* theorem
* theory
* truism
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