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postulate(medicine)
postulate(1)(dictionary)
postulate(dictionary)
postulate 1, verb(dictionary)
parallel postulate(encyclopedia)
Ampere's postulate(medicine)
Ehrlich's postulate(medicine)
Avogadro's postulate(medicine)
postulate 2, noun(dictionary)

postulate(2) (iou)



postulate noun2. L16.
[Latin postulatum use as noun of neut. pa. pple of postulare: see POSTULATE verb, -ATE1.]
A demand, a request; a stipulation. Now rare. L16.
A postulated proposition; esp. a thing assumed as a basis of reasoning, discussion, or belief; a fundamental condition or principle; an unproved or necessary assumption, a hypothesis. M17.
Koch postulates, Koch's postulates: see KOCH.
N. Frye The first postulate of this hypothesis is..the assumption of total coherence. J. Masson Therapy depends..on the postulate that the truth of a person's life can be uncovered in therapy.
b. Math. A simple (esp. geometric) operation whose possibility is taken for granted, e.g. the drawing of a straight line between two points. M17.
Peano postulates, Peano's postulates: see PEANO.