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Posit vs Axiom - What's the difference?

posit | axiom |

As nouns the difference between posit and axiom

is that posit is something that is posited; a postulate while axiom is a seemingly {{l/en|self-evident}} or necessary {{l/en|truth}} which is based on {{l/en|assumption}}; a {{l/en|principle}} or {{l/en|proposition}} which cannot actually be proved or disproved.

As a verb posit

is assume the existence of; to postulate.

posit

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • Something that is posited; a postulate.
  • (aviation)
  • Usage notes

    * (for meaning
  • 2) Started by USAF Fighter pilots when needing to know the position of a wingman. I.e. Lead pilot would say "2-posit" and #2 would reply: "5 o'clock high". Also in use in commercial airlines. Some pilots respond "cleared into posit and hold" when cleared on to the runway.
  • Verb

    (en verb)
  • Assume the existence of; to postulate.
  • * 1908 : ARISTOTLE. Metaphysics . Translated by .
  • some who posit both this cause and besides this the source of movement, which we have got from some as single and from other as twofold.
  • Propose for consideration or study; to suggest.
  • Put (something somewhere) firmly.
  • Anagrams

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    axiom

    English

    (wikipedia axiom)

    Noun

  • (en noun); also axiomata (though, becoming less common and sometimes considered archaic)
  • (philosophy) A seemingly which cannot actually be proved or disproved.
  • * '>citation
  • (mathematics, logic, proof theory) A fundamental of theorems. Examples: "Through a pair of distinct points there passes exactly one straight line", "All right angles are congruent".
  • *
  • The axioms read as follows. For every composable pair f'' and ''g'' the composite f \circ g goes from the domain of ''g'' to the codomain of ''f''. For each object ''A'' the identity arrow 1_A goes from ''A'' to ''A . Composing any arrow with an identity arrow (supposing that the two are composable) gives the original arrow. And composition is associative.
  • An established principle in some artistic practice or science that is universally received.
  • The axioms of political economy cannot be considered absolute truths.

    Synonyms

    * (now rare)

    Hypernyms

    * (in logic) well-formed formula, wff, WFF

    Hyponyms

    * (in mathematics) * (in mathematics) * (in mathematics)

    Holonyms

    * (in logic) formal system

    Derived terms

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    See also

    (other terms of interest) * conjecture * corollary * demonstration * hypothesis * law * lemma * porism * postulate * premise * principle * proof * proposition * theorem * theory * truism