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单词 postulational
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postulationaladj.

Brit. /ˌpɒstjᵿˈleɪʃn̩(ə)l/, /ˌpɒstʃᵿˈleɪʃn̩(ə)l/, U.S. /ˌpɑstʃəˈleɪʃən(ə)l/, /ˌpɑstʃəˈleɪʃn̩(ə)l/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: postulation n., -al suffix1.
Etymology: < postulation n. + -al suffix1. Compare earlier postulative adj. and postulatory adj. 2. O.E.D. Suppl. (1982) gives only the pronunciation (pǫstiŭlēi·ʃənăl) /pɒstjʊˈleɪʃənəl/.
Of or relating to postulation; based on or involving deduction from a set of postulates, axiomatic.
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1911 J. W. Young & W. W. Denton Lect. Fund. Concepts Algebra & Geom. xxi. 225 Postulational methods have been used from this point of view..with telling effect.
1932 M. H. Stone Linear Transformations in Hilbert Space i. 2 The postulational treatment was carried through only recently by J. v. Neumann.
1961 E. Nagel Struct. of Sci. v. 91 A familiar example of an abstract calculus is demonstrative Euclidean geometry developed in a postulational manner.
1990 Jrnl. Semitic Stud. 35 258 It takes more, much more, than the mere presence of one or two postulates in a grammatical model for the model in question to begin to be considered as a postulational or axiomatic system proper.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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