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Grammar : Verb |
Spell : verb pos-chuh-leyt; noun pos-chuh-lit, -leyt |
Phonetic Transcription : verb ˈpɒs tʃəˌleɪt; noun ˈpɒs tʃə lɪt, -ˌleɪt |
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Définition of postulated
Origin :- 1530s, "nominate to a church office," from Medieval Latin postulatus, past participle of postulare "to ask, demand; claim; require," probably formed from past participle of Latin poscere "ask urgently, demand," from *posk-to-, Italic inchoative of PIE root *prek- "to ask questions" (cf. Sanskrit prcchati, Avestan peresaiti "interrogates," Old High German forskon, German forschen "to search, inquire"). Use in logic dates from 1640s, borrowed from Medieval Latin.
- verb suppose, figure
- I postulated that it should be none of those “ten minutes in the air” affairs.
- Extract from : « Notes on Life and Letters » by Joseph Conrad
- This conclusion is no mere inference from accepted or postulated premises.
- Extract from : « What Is and What Might Be » by Edmond Holmes
- But this presumption can never be proved; it can only be postulated.
- Extract from : « The Science and Philosophy of the Organism » by Hans Driesch
- What, therefore, can be postulated of the one will not apply with equal force to the other.
- Extract from : « The Mystery of Space » by Robert T. Browne
- In geometry the primary construction is not demonstrated, but postulated.
- Extract from : « Biographia Literaria » by Samuel Taylor Coleridge
- I have postulated consciousness as the inseparable concomitant of life.
- Extract from : « Morals and the Evolution of Man » by Max Simon Nordau
- If God be as postulated, then can prayer and confession not be necessary, or even beautiful.
- Extract from : « The Hearts of Men » by H. Fielding
- Perhaps the same may be said for 1000, though this could not be postulated with equal certainty.
- Extract from : « The Number Concept » by Levi Leonard Conant
- In itself, it postulated an owner in the prime of life, handsome and graceful.
- Extract from : « Idolatry » by Julian Hawthorne
- It is curious to see an insect apply the 'principle of least action,' so often postulated in mechanics.
- Extract from : « Bramble-bees and Others » by J. Henri Fabre
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