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Meaning of POSTULATION

Pronunciation:  `pâstyû'leyshun

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. [n]  a formal message requesting something that is submitted to an authority
  2. [n]  (logic) a declaration of something self-evident; something that can be assumed as the basis for argument
 
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 Synonyms: petition, predication, request
 
 See Also: appeal, application, collection, content, declaration, demand, ingathering, message, solicitation, subject matter, substance

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Pos`tu*la"tion\, n. [L. postulatio: cf. F.
postulation.]
The act of postulating, or that which is postulated;
assumption; solicitation; suit; cause.
 
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