postulating 的 2 个定义
pos·tu·lat·ed, pos·tu·lat·ing.
- to ask, demand, or claim.
- to claim or assume the existence or truth of, especially as a basis for reasoning or arguing.
- to assume without proof, or as self-evident; take for granted.
- Mathematics, Logic. to assume as a postulate.
- something taken as self-evident or assumed without proof as a basis for reasoning.
- 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.
- a fundamental principle.
- a necessary condition; prerequisite.
postulating 近义词
suppose, figure
更多postulating例句
- And with those exceptions we have brought them into the framework of our picture of the Universe by postulating "dense matter."
- This, of course, is equivalent to postulating the cerebral cortex as the exclusive seat of higher intellection.
- From the above instances, which could be multiplied, we have no hesitation in postulating a Hebrew original of i.-iii.
- Nothing would be gained, however, by postulating merely a mystery—an unknowable.
- "If you are postulating a linear progression from the old social sciences—forget it," Neel said.