noun🔗ShareA mathematical statement of some importance that has been proven to be true. Minor theorems are often called propositions. Theorems which are not very interesting in themselves but are an essential part of a bigger theorem's proof are called lemmas."In geometry class, the students learned a famous theorem about triangles that helps them calculate missing angles. "maththeorylogicstatementscienceeducationChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareA mathematical statement that is expected to be true"Before solving the geometry problem, the teacher reminded us of the Pythagorean theorem, which states a relationship we expect to be true for all right triangles. "maththeorylogicstatementscienceeducationChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareA syntactically correct expression that is deducible from the given axioms of a deductive system."The Pythagorean theorem states that in a right triangle, the square of the hypotenuse is equal to the sum of the squares of the other two sides. "theorymathlogicscienceChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo formulate into a theorem."The student worked late into the night trying to theorem his original idea about prime numbers, hoping to prove it true. "maththeoryChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading