postulates (Meaning)
postulates
demand, claim, a statement or claim assumed to be true especially as the basis of a process of reasoning, to claim as true, to assume or claim as true, existent, or necessary, a hypothesis advanced as an essential presupposition, condition, or premise of a train of reasoning, a hypothesis advanced as an essential presupposition, condition, or premise of a train of reasoning see koch's postulates, axiom sense 2, to assume as a postulate or axiom (as in logic or mathematics)
Synonyms & Antonyms of postulates
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demand, claim, a statement or claim assumed to be true especially as the basis of a process of reasoning, to claim as true, to assume or claim as true, existent
hypotheses, theories,assumptions, presuppositions, presumptions,premises, beliefs, givens, hypotheticals, axioms
disputes, discredits, challenges, controverts, wonders (about), questions, disagrees (with), distrusts, discounts, repudiates
The postulates of Euclid's geometry laid the foundation for the study of geometry.
Newton's postulates on motion formed the basis of classical mechanics.
The postulates of Quantum Mechanics describe the behavior of particles at the atomic level.
The theorist postulated that the universe originated from a singularity.