| Axiom (axiom) |
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| n. | ((?)) |
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| Ax"i*om |
| [L. axioma, Gr.
(?) that which is thought worthy, that which is assumed, a basis of
demonstration, a principle, fr. (?) to think worthy, fr. (?)
worthy, weighing as much as; cf. (?) to lead, dr |
A self-evident and necessary
truth, or a proposition whose truth is so evident as first sight that no
reasoning or demonstration can make it plainer] a proposition which it is
necessary to take for granted; as, "The whole is greater than a part;" "A
thing can not, at the same time, be and not be."
An established principle in some art or science,
which, though not a necessary truth, is universally received; as, the
axioms of political economy.
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