Mathematics. A postulate; an axiom. Now historical.

Mathematics. A postulate. Cf. petition, n. 5. Now historical and rare.

Logic and Mathematics. ‘A self-evident proposition, requiring no formal demonstration to prove its truth, but received and assented to as soon as…

Mathematics. A simple (esp. geometrical) operation whose possibility is self-evident or taken for granted, e.g. the drawing of a straight line…

A geometrical proposition that is so obvious as to require almost no proof.

Mathematics. = postulate, n.2 3. Obsolete.

A mathematical statement which is assumed to be true for a given problem, for the purpose of solving or investigating that problem; esp. a…