different between axioma vs postulate

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.

English

Etymology

From Medieval Latin postul?t- (“asked”), from the verb postul?re (“to ask”), from Latin postul? (“request”).

Pronunciation

Noun

• (UK) enPR: p?s?tyo?o-l?t IPA^(key): /?p?stj?l?t/
• (US) enPR: p?s?ch?-l?t, p?s?ch?-l?t', IPA^(key): /?p?st??l?t/, /?p?st???le?t/
• Hyphenation: pos?tu?late

Adjective

• (UK) enPR: p?s?tyo?o-l?t IPA^(key): /?p?stj?l?t/
• (US) enPR: p?s?ch?-l?t, IPA^(key): /?p?st??l?t/
• Hyphenation: pos?tu?late

Verb

• (UK) enPR: p?s?tyo?o-l?t IPA^(key): /?p?stj?le?t/
• (US) enPR: p?s?ch?-l?t' IPA^(key): /?p?st???le?t/
• Hyphenation: pos?tu?late

Noun

postulate (plural postulates)

1. Something assumed without proof as being self-evident or generally accepted, especially when used as a basis for an argument. Sometimes distinguished from axioms as being relevant to a particular science or context, rather than universally true, and following from other axioms rather than being an absolute assumption.
2. A fundamental element; a basic principle.
3. (logic) An axiom.
4. A requirement; a prerequisite.

Derived terms

• parallel postulate
• universal postulate

Translations

Adjective

postulate (not comparable)

1. Postulated.

Verb

postulate (third-person singular simple present postulates, present participle postulating, simple past and past participle postulated)

1. To assume as a truthful or accurate premise or axiom, especially as a basis of an argument.
   • 1883, Benedictus de Spinoza, translated by R. H. M. Elwes, Ethics, Part 3, Prop. XXII,

     But this pleasure or pain is postulated to come to us accompanied by the idea of an external cause; […]

   • 1911, Encyclopædia Britannica, "Infinite",

     [T]he attempt to arrive at a physical explanation of existence led the Ionian thinkers to postulate various primal elements or simply the infinite ?? ???????.

2. (transitive, intransitive, Christianity, historical) To appoint or request one's appointment to an ecclesiastical office.
   • 1874, John Small (ed.), The Poetical Works of Gavin Douglas, Bishop of Dunkeld, Vol 1, p. xvi

     [A]lthough Douglas was postulated to it [the Abbacy of Arbroath], and signed letters and papers under this designation his nomination […] was never completed.

3. (transitive, intransitive, obsolete) To request, demand or claim for oneself.

Derived terms

• postulation
• postulational

Translations

Anagrams

• attopulse

Italian

Verb

postulate

1. second-person plural present indicative of postulare
2. second-person plural imperative of postulare
3. feminine plural of postulato

Latin

Verb

postul?te

1. second-person plural present active imperative of postul?