Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
L. axioma, Gr. , that which is thought worthy, that which is assumed, a basis of demonstration, a principle, fr. , to think worthy, fr. , worthy, weighing as much as; cf. , to lead, drive, also to weigh so much: cf F. axiome,. See Agent (a.)
Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary
Gr. axiōma—axio-ein, to think worth, to take for granted—axios, worth.
In literature:
What are your Axioms, and Categories, and Systems, and Aphorisms?
"Sartor Resartus, and On Heroes, Hero-Worship, and the Heroic in History" by Thomas Carlyle
On the other hand, it is a political axiom that the first duty of any statesman is to his own people.
"Mr. Grex of Monte Carlo" by E. Phillips Oppenheim
The system is evolved in a series of theorems in severely demonstrative order out of the definitions and axioms which we have translated.
"Short Studies on Great Subjects" by James Anthony Froude
The true principle may be stated in the form of an axiom.
"Albert Gallatin" by John Austin Stevens
Agnes herself was trying to prove that axiom; but Trix had never tried to restrain herself.
"The Corner House Girls at School" by Grace Brooks Hill
The English school of philosophy have already attacked this problem in connection with the origin of axioms.
"The Mind and the Brain" by Alfred Binet
The axiom of Christian faith is that whatever we do not obtain we do not require.
"Expositions of Holy Scripture" by Alexander Maclaren
This has become well nigh the axiom for Norwegian politics.
"The Swedish-Norwegian Union Crisis" by Karl Nordlund
You have to begin with one hedgehog, that's an axiom.
"Burr Junior" by G. Manville Fenn
Why then, when it comes to this particular axiom of irrational common-sense, does he balk and sheer off?
"The Complex Vision" by John Cowper Powys
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In poetry:
But, keeping still the end in view
To which I hoped to come,
I strove to prove the matter true
By putting everything I knew
Into an axiom:
"Phantasmagoria Canto VI ( Dyscomfyture )" by Lewis Carroll
In news:
Newt quotes a political axiom about the last week of an election from Democratic operative James Carville to make his point.
Months later, after just three full-team minicamp practices, the axiom about perception versus reality seems to apply perfectly here.
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It is an axiom of conventional wisdom about the Middle East that the government of Israel is a hard-line opponent of peace that must be pressured and cajoled to deal with the Palestinians for the sake of the survival of its people.
There is a well known axiom that states that the eyes are the window to the soul.
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If that old axiom is indeed true, then the trophy case at Canfield High School may need to clear some space.
We try out that axiom at shop in Orange.
It's an age-old axiom for truck drivers: if you see signs of trouble ahead, start slowing down, because time and space is what you need to safely maneuver your big rig out of danger.
There's an old axiom in music that says you have your whole life to make your first record and under a year to make your second.
An axiom in advertising is that sex sells.
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In science:
I if it satisfies the axioms that will be listed below. (It is important that the functions fp,q be defined on the whole circle S 1 since axiom (A7) below might otherwise be violated in the applications.) Notice that fp,q is defined for p 6= q if and only if p, q ∈ ¯I and fp,p is defined if and only if p ∈ I .
Sextactic points on a simple closed curve
Then the triple (R, ∂ , Y + (·, z)) forms a conformal algebras if and only if Axiom (2.5), and Axiom (2.6) acting on V hold for u, v ∈ V .
Simple Conformal Algebras Generated by Jordan Algebras
Then this Γ satisfies the above four axioms: It is easy to see that our Γ saitsfies Axioms 1, 3 and 4.
Definability of initial segments
Note first, that no ways are known now for direct generalizations of Wightman axioms or, in euclidean approach, Osterwalder-Schrader axioms (although, axioms of S -matrix type can be generalized in different directions - topological field theory, diagrams of string theory).
Gibbs and Quantum Discrete Spaces
Topological quantum field theory Axioms of topological quantum field theory as introduced in resemble more axioms of S -matrix theory, than give models of the space-time structure.
Gibbs and Quantum Discrete Spaces
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