单词 | axiomatic |
释义 | axiomaticadj.n. A. adj. 1. Of the nature of an axiom or admitted first principle; self-evident; indisputably true. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > absence of doubt, confidence > assured fact, certainty > evident certainty > [adjective] > evident without proof self-evidencing1632 self-evident1643 axiomatical1678 self-evidential1700 gratuitous1775 axiomatic1797 1797 W. Taylor in Monthly Rev. 22 556 The axiomatic pillars of a new code of the law of nations. 1872 H. Spencer Princ. Psychol. (ed. 2) II. vi. viii. 95 These axiomatic truths are truths recognized by the simplest order of reasoning. 2. Characterized by axioms or admitted first principles; axiomatical. ΚΠ 1812 H. Davy Elements Chem. Philos. 32 He gave an axiomatic form to the Science. 3. Full of maxims or pithy sentences, aphoristic. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > saying, maxim, adage > [adjective] sententiala1475 sententious1542 topic1581 apophthegmatical?1589 topical1594 adagial1647 aphoristical1661 gnomonic1706 axiomatical1738 gnomologic1751 aphoristic1753 maximical1779 apophthegmatic1796 aphorismic1798 gnomic1815 aphorismatic1822 axiomatic1835 maximic1854 aphorismical1880 1835 I. Taylor Spiritual Despotism iii. 96 A people..rich in axiomatic good sense. 1838 R. Southey Doctor V. 148 The most axiomatic of English Poets. B. n. plural. A body of axioms; the study or use of axioms. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > saying, maxim, adage > self-evident truth, axiom > [noun] > body or study of axiomatic1927 the mind > mental capacity > philosophy > logic > logical reasoning > [noun] > deductivism or a priori reasoning > axioms philosophia prima1605 outlines1691 basis1796 primordial1813 generalia1843 prima philosophia1845 primary1846 axiomatic1927 1927 E. T. Whittaker in Rep. Brit. Assoc. Advancem. Sci. 21 What we want to do, then, is to set forth the axiomatics of general relativity in the same form as we have been accustomed to give to the axiomatics of any other kind of geometry. 1959 K. R. Popper Logic of Sci. Discov. 320 From the formal point of view of ‘axiomatics’, probability can be described as a two-termed functor. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.n.1797 |
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