24 Jan
2007
24 Jan
'07
7 p.m.
Mark Tapley wrote:
At 18:30 -0600 1/23/07, Richard wrote:
ax?i?om /??ksi?m/ Pronunciation Key - Show Spelled
Pronunciation[ak-see-uhm] Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation
?noun
1. a self-evident truth that requires no proof.
2. a universally accepted principle or rule.
3. Logic, Mathematics. a proposition that is assumed without proof for
the sake of studying the consequences that follow from it.
[Origin: 1475?85; < L axi?ma < Gk: something worthy, equiv. to axi?-,
var. s. of axio?n to reckon worthy + -ma resultative n. suffix]
Peace... Sridhar
Fine. Its shared by two or more people, but its
still an opinion and
not an axiomatically derived fact.
What's an "axiom"?