Meaning of AXIOM
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| Matching Terms: | | axiological, axiology, Axiom of Choice, Axiom of Comprehension, AXIOM*, axiomatic, Axiomatic Architecture Description Language, axiomatic semantics, axiomatic set theory, axiomatical, axiomatically
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A commercially available subset of Scratchpad, from IBM. ["Axiom - The Scientific Computing System", R. Jenks et al, Springer 1992]. A well-formed formula which is taken to be true without proof in the construction of a theory. Compare: lemma.
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| | Related Terms: | | a belief, a priori principle, a priori truth, absolute fact, accepted fact, actual fact, adage, admitted fact, affirmation, ana, analects, aphorism, apothegm, apriorism, article of faith, assertion, assumed position, assumption, bald fact, bare fact, basis, brocard, brutal fact, byword, canon, catchword, categorical proposition, center, circumstance, cold fact, collected sayings, conceded fact, conjecture, core, current saying, data, datum, demonstrable fact, dictate, dictum, distich, doctrine, dogma, elixir, empirical fact, epigram, essence, essential, established fact, expression, fact, fact of experience, first principles, flower, focus, formula, foundation, fundamental, gist, given fact, gnome, golden rule, golden saying, gravamen, ground, guesswork, hard fact, heart, hypostasis, hypothesis, hypothesis ad hoc, indisputable fact, inescapable fact, inference, inner essence, kernel, law, lemma, major premise, marrow, matter of fact, maxim, meat, minor premise, moral, mot, motto, naked fact, not guesswork, not opinion, nub, nucleus, nuts and bolts, oracle, philosopheme, philosophical proposition, phrase, pith, pithy saying, plain, position, positive fact, postulate, postulation, postulatum, precept, premise, prescript, presumption, presupposal, presupposition, principium, principle, proposition, propositional function, provable fact, proverb, proverbial saying, proverbs, quid, quiddity, quintessence, rule, salient fact, sap, saw, saying, self-evident fact, self-evident truth, sentence, sententious expression, set of postulates, settled principle, significant fact, simple fact, sloka, sober fact, soul, spirit, statement, stock saying, stubborn fact, stuff, substance, sumption, supposal, supposing, supposition, surmise, sutra, teaching, tenet, text, the case, the nitty-gritty, theorem, thesis, truism, truth, truth table, truth-function, truth-value, undeniable fact, universal truth, verse, well-known fact, wisdom, wisdom literature, wise saying, witticism, word, words of wisdom, working hypothesis |
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