different between axiom vs axioma

English

Etymology

From Middle French axiome in the 15th century, from Latin axi?ma (“axiom; principle”), from Ancient Greek ?????? (axí?ma, “that which is thought to fit, a requisite, that which a pupil is required to know beforehand, a self-evident principle”), from ????? (axió?, “to think fit or worthy, to require, to demand”), from ????? (áxios, “fit, worthy”, literally “weighing as much as; of like value”), from ??? (ág?, “I drive”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?aks.?.?m/
• (General American) enPR: ?k's??m, IPA^(key): /?æks.i.?m/
• Hyphenation: ax?i?om

Noun

axiom (plural axioms or axiomata) (the latter is becoming less common and is sometimes considered archaic)

1. (philosophy) A seemingly self-evident or necessary truth which is based on assumption; a principle or proposition which cannot actually be proved or disproved.
2. (logic, mathematics, proof theory) A fundamental assumption that serves as a basis for deduction of theorems; a postulate (sometimes distinguished from postulates as being universally applicable, whereas postulates are particular to a certain science or context).
3. An established principle in some artistic practice or science that is universally received.

Synonyms

• (philosophy, mathematics): axioma (now rare)
• (logic, mathematics): postulate

Hypernyms

• (logic): well-formed formula, wff, WFF

Hyponyms

• (mathematics): axiom of choice, axiom of infinity, axiom of pairing, axiom of power set, axiom of regularity, axiom of union, completeness axiom, parallel axiom

Holonyms

• (logic): formal system

Derived terms

• axiomatic
• axiomatical
• axiomatically
• axiomatise, axiomatize
• axiomatisation, axiomatization

Translations

See also

References

• axiom in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• axiom in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

Further reading

• axiom on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• amoxi

Czech

Noun

axiom m

1. axiom

Derived terms

• axiom výb?ru m

Related terms

• axiomatický
• axiomatizovat
• axiomatizace

Swedish

Noun

axiom n

1. axiom

Declension

Related terms

• axiomatisk

English

Etymology

From the Latin axi?ma, from the Ancient Greek ?????? (axí?ma): see axiom.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) enPR: ?ks???m?, IPA^(key): /æks????m?/

Noun

axioma (plural axiomata)

1. (now rare) An axiom.

Derived terms

• axioma generale

Catalan

Noun

axioma m (plural axiomes)

1. axiom

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin axi?ma, from Ancient Greek ?????? (axí?ma).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??k.si?o?.ma?/
• Hyphenation: axi?o?ma
• Rhymes: -o?ma?

Noun

axioma n (plural axioma's, diminutive axiomaatje n)

1. (logic, mathematics) axiom

Derived terms

• axiomatiek
• axiomatisch

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ?????? (axí?ma).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ak.si?o?.ma/, [äks?i?o?mä]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ak.si?o.ma/, [?ksi???m?]

Noun

axi?ma n (genitive axi?matis); third declension

1. axiom
2. principle

Declension

Third-declension noun (neuter, imparisyllabic non-i-stem).

Related terms

• axiomaticus

References

• axioma in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• axioma in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• axioma in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin axi?ma.

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): [?a.ks?.?o.m?]
• (Brazil) IPA^(key): [?a.ksi.?o.ma]

Noun

axioma m (plural axiomas)

1. axiom (self-evident and necessary truth)

   Synonym: máxima

Related terms

• axiomático, axiônimo

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin axi?ma, from Ancient Greek ?????? (axí?ma, “what is thought fitting”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a??sjoma/, [a???sjo.ma]

Noun

axioma m (plural axiomas)

1. (philosophy) axiom (a truth based on an assumption)
2. (mathematics) axiom (a fundamental assumption that serves as a basis for theorems)

Related terms

• axiomático

Further reading

• “axioma” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.