English-Thai Dictionary

postulate

N สมมุติฐาน  assumption som-mu-ti-tan

 

postulate

VT ทึกทัก เอา ว่า  สันนิษฐาน  hypothesize presume suppose tuek-tak-duai

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

POSTULATE

n.[L. postulatum, from postulo, to demand, from the root of posco, to ask or demand. The sense is to urge or push. ] A position or supposition assumed without proof, or one which is considered as self-evident, or too plain to require illustration.
A self-evident problem, answering to axiom, which is a self-evident theorem.

 

POSTULATE

v.t.[supra. ] To beg or assume without proof. [Little used. ] 1. To invite; to solicit; to require by entreaty.
2. To assume; to take without positive consent.
The Byzantine emperors appear to have exercised, or at least to have postulated a sort of paramount supremacy over this nation.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

POSTULATE

Pos "tu *late, n. Etym: [L. postulatum a demand, request, prop. p. p.of postulare to demand, prob. a dim. of poscere to demand, prob. for porcscere; akin to G. forschen to search, investigate, Skr. prach to ask, and L. precari to pray: cf. F. postulat. See Pray. ]

 

1. Something demanded or asserted; especially, a position or supposition assumed without proof, or one which is considered as self-evident; a truth to which assent may be demanded or challenged, without argument or evidence.

 

2. (Geom.)

 

Defn: The enunciation of a self-evident problem, in distinction from an axiom, which is the enunciation of a self-evident theorem. The distinction between a postulate and an axiom lies in this, -- that the latter is admitted to be self-evident, while the former may be agreed upon between two reasoners, and admitted by both, but not as proposition which it would be impossible to deny. Eng. Cyc.

 

POSTULATE

POSTULATE Pos "tu *late, a.

 

Defn: Postulated. [Obs. ] Hudibras.

 

POSTULATE

Pos "tu *late, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Postulated; p. pr. & vb. n.Postulating.]

 

1. To beg, or assume without proof; as, to postulate conclusions.

 

2. To take without express consent; to assume. The Byzantine emperors appear to have. .. postulated a sort of paramount supremacy over this nation. W. Tooke.

 

3. To invite earnestly; to solicit. [Obs. ] Bp. Burnet.

 

POSTULATED

POSTULATED Pos "tu *la `ted, a.

 

Defn: Assumed without proof; as, a postulated inference. Sir T. Browne.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

postulate

pos tu late ▶verb |ˈpäsCHəˌlāt ˈpɑstʃəˌleɪt | [ with obj. ] 1 suggest or assume the existence, fact, or truth of (something ) as a basis for reasoning, discussion, or belief: his theory postulated a rotatory movement for hurricanes | [ with clause ] : he postulated that the environmentalists might have a case. 2 (in ecclesiastical law ) nominate or elect (someone ) to an ecclesiastical office subject to the sanction of a higher authority. ▶noun |ˈpäsCHələt ˈpɑstʃələt | formal a thing suggested or assumed as true as the basis for reasoning, discussion, or belief: perhaps the postulate of Babylonian influence on Greek astronomy is incorrect. • Mathematics an assumption used as a basis for mathematical reasoning. DERIVATIVES pos tu la tion |ˌpäsCHəˈlāSHən |noun ORIGIN late Middle English ( sense 2 of the verb ): from Latin postulat- ‘asked, ’ from the verb postulare.

 

Oxford Dictionary

postulate

pos ¦tu |late ▶verb |ˈpɒstjʊleɪt | [ with obj. ] 1 suggest or assume the existence, fact, or truth of (something ) as a basis for reasoning, discussion, or belief: his theory postulated a rotatory movement for hurricanes | [ with clause ] : she postulated that the environmentalists might have a case. 2 (in ecclesiastical law ) nominate or elect (someone ) to an ecclesiastical office subject to the sanction of a higher authority. ▶noun |ˈpɒstjʊlət | formal a thing suggested or assumed as true as the basis for reasoning, discussion, or belief: perhaps the postulate of Babylonian influence on Greek astronomy is incorrect. • Mathematics an assumption used as a basis for mathematical reasoning. DERIVATIVES postulation |pɒstjʊˈleɪʃ (ə )n |noun ORIGIN late Middle English (in sense 2 of the verb ): from Latin postulat- ‘asked ’, from the verb postulare.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

postulate

postulate verb a theory postulated by a respected scientist: put forward, suggest, advance, posit, hypothesize, propose; assume, presuppose, presume, take for granted.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

postulate

postulate verb such hypotheses have been postulated by highly reputable geologists: put forward, suggest, advance, posit, hypothesize, take as a hypothesis, propose, assume, presuppose, suppose, presume, predicate, take for granted, theorize.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

postulate

pos tu late /pɑ́stʃəlèɪt |pɔ́stju -/動詞 他動詞 ｟かたく ｠〈人が 〉〈物 事 〉を仮定する (→posit ); 〖～ that節 〗…ということを仮定する .名詞 /-tʃ (ə )lət |-tjʊ -/C ｟かたく ｠(理論に基づく )仮定 .