Axiom

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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. 
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