postulate


Definition: Meaning of, postulate in English to English dictionary.

Pronunciation: / ˈpɒstjʊlɪt /

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Prsesent Past Past Participle
postulate postulated postulated
Present Participle Third Person Singular
postulating postulates
[transitive]
  1. formal to suggest that something might have happened or be true
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postulate postulates
[countable]
  1. formal something believed to be true, on which an argument or scientific discussion is based
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postulate used in phrases

  • Bayes' postulate (noun)
    1. sometimes known as postulating the equidistribution of ignorance statistics the difficulty of applying Bayes' theorem is that the probabilities of the different causes are seldom known, in which case it may be postulated that they are all equal
  • Euclid's postulate (noun)
    1. mathematics any of five axioms that are generally recognized as the basis for Euclidean geometry
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