Dictionary
Find
in
Dictionary
Thesaurus
Translations

Click to move up the list of words
axial plane
axial skeleton
axil
axilla
axillar
axillary
axinite
axiology
axiom
axiomatic
axion
Axis
axis (1)
axis (2)
axis deer
axis of rotation
axis of symmetry
Click to move down the list of words
Also available:

World English Dictionary
Dictionnaire Français

axiom

ax·i·om [ áksee əm ] (plural ax·i·oms)


noun 
Definition:
 
1. generally accepted truth: a statement or idea that people accept as self-evidently true

2. mathematics logic basic proposition assumed to be true: a basic proposition of a system that, although unproven, is used to prove the other propositions in the system

[15th century. Directly or via French < Latin axioma< Greek axiōma "something worthy" < axios "weighty, worthy"]
Advertisement

© 2009 Microsoft