Axiom
Axiom [ AK-see-uh'm ] | |
[ noun ] | |
MEANING : | |
1. a maxim or universally accepted truth 2. a principle, rule or law that is established and universally accepted 3. a postulate or a proposition that is assumed to be true without proof for the purpose of studying the resulting consequences | |
USAGE EXAMPLE 1 : | |
A Russian mathematician devised three axioms that expound the theory of probability. |