Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary - postulate
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I. transitive verb (-lated; -lating) Etymology: Latin postulatus, past participle of postulare; akin to Latin poscere to ask, Old High German forscon to search, Sanskrit p?cchati he asks — more at pray Date: 1593 1. demand, claim 2. a. to assume or claim as true, existent, or necessary ; depend upon or start from the ~ of b. to assume as a ~ or axiom (as in logic or mathematics) • postulation noun • postulational adjective II. noun Etymology: Medieval Latin postulatum, from neuter of postulatus, past participle of postulare to assume, from Latin, to demand Date: 1646 1. a hypothesis advanced as an essential presupposition, condition, or premise of a train of reasoning 2. axiom 3
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v. & n. --v.tr. 1 (often foll. by that + clause) assume as a necessary condition, esp. as a basis for reasoning; take for granted. 2 claim. 3 (in ecclesiastical law) nominate or elect to a higher rank. --n. 1 a thing postulated. 2 a fundamental prerequisite or condition. 3 Math. an assumption used as a basis for mathematical reasoning. Derivatives postulation n. Etymology: L postulare postulat- demand ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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1) аксиома 2) постулат 3) постулативный 4) постулировать postulate of mathematical induction — постулат математической индукции postulate of universal possibility — постулат универсальной возможности - addition postulate - auxiliary postulate - group postulate - independent postulate - parallel postulate - postulate theory - regularization postulate - weak postulate ...Англо-русский Русско-английский научно-технический словарь
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1. книж. постулат 2. книж. мат. аксиома 3. редк. требование, предварительное условие 4. книж. постулировать neutron stars were postulated as long ago as 1934 —- существование нейтронных звезд было постулировано еще в 1934 г. 5. книж. теоретически допускать 6. книж. требовать; обусловливать, ставить условием to postulate for certain conditions —- ставить определенные условия ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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1. noun 1) постулат 2) предварительное условие 2. v. 1) постулировать, принимать без доказательства 2) ставить условием (for) 3) usu. past part. требовать; обусловливать, ставить условием Syn: see suppose ...Англо-русский словарь
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(postulates, postulating, postulated) If you postulate something, you suggest it as the basis for a theory, argument, or calculation, or assume that it is the basis. (FORMAL) ...arguments postulating differing standards for human rights in different cultures... Freud postulated that we all have a death instinct as well as a life instinct. VERB: V n, V that ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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~1 v formal to suggest that something might have happened or be true + tha (One theory postulates that the ancient Filipinos came from India and Persia.) - postulation n ~2 n formal something believed to be true, but not proven, on which an argument or scientific discussion is based (the basic postulates of Marxism) ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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- 1433, "nominate to a church office," from M.L. postulatus, pp. of postulare, probably formed from L. poscere "ask urgently, demand." Use in logic dates from 1646, borrowed from M.L. ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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