porism

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A proposition affirming the possibility of finding such conditions as will render a certain determinate problem indeterminate or capable of innumerable solutions.
  2. A corollary.

Pronunciation

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Word forms

porism porisms

Etymology

From Ancient Greek πόρισμα (pórisma, “a deduction from a previous demonstration”).

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