Postulate

English
[verb pos-chuh-leyt; noun pos-chuh-lit, -leyt 'test']Similar to: Post.
verb (used with object)
1. to ask, demand, or claim
2. to claim or assume the existence or truth of, especially as a basis for reasoning or arguing
3. to assume without proof, or as self-evident; take for granted
4. Mathematics, Logic. to assume as a postulate
noun
5. something taken as self-evident or assumed without proof as a basis for reasoning
6. Mathematics, Logic. a proposition that requires no proof, being self-evident, or that is for a specific purpose assumed true, and that is used in the proof of other propositions; axiom
7. a fundamental principle
8. a necessary condition; prerequisite
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