noun🔗ShareA seemingly self-evident or necessary truth which is based on assumption; a principle or proposition which cannot actually be proved or disproved."In geometry class, students started by accepting as an axiom that the shortest distance between two points is a straight line, without needing to prove it. "theoryphilosophylogicmathsciencestatementdoctrineChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗Share(proof theory) A fundamental assumption that serves as a basis for deduction of theorems; a postulate (sometimes distinguished from postulates as being universally applicable, whereas postulates are particular to a certain science or context)."In geometry class, we learned that "a straight line is the shortest distance between two points" is a fundamental axiom upon which many other rules are based. "theoryphilosophylogicmathscienceChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareAn established principle in some artistic practice or science that is universally received."The axioms of political economy cannot be considered absolute truths."theoryphilosophysciencelogicmathstatementChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading