English Explanatory Dictionary

theorem

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A mathematical statement of some importance that has been proven to be true. Minor theorems are often called propositions. Theorems which are not very interesting in themselves but are an essential part of a bigger theorem's proof are called lemmas.
  2. A mathematical statement that is expected to be true.
  3. A syntactically correct expression that is deducible from the given axioms of a deductive system.
verb
  1. To formulate into a theorem.

Pronunciation

/ˈθiː.ə.ɹəm/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-theorem.wav /ˈθiərəm/ /ˈθɪrəm/

Word forms

theorem theorems theoreming theoremed

Etymology

From Middle French théorème, from Late Latin theōrēma, from Ancient Greek θεώρημα (theṓrēma, “speculation, proposition to be proved”) (Euclid), from θεωρέω (theōréō, “to look at, view, consider, examine”), from θεωρός (theōrós, “spectator”), from θέα (théa, “a view”) + ὁράω (horáō, “to see, look”). See also theory, and theater.

Synonyms

proposition statement theorem conjecture hypothesis lemma

Related words

theoretical theorize theory axiom corollary lemma proof proposition definition conjecture law of nature principle equation inequality formula mathematics Special:Search/intitle:/ theorem/ Appendix:Roget MICRA thesaurus/Class IV § 454. Topic

Derived words

theorematic theoremic

Translations

Albanian: teoremë Arabic: مُبَرْهَنَة Arabic: نَظَرِيَّة Armenian: թեորեմ Azerbaijani: teorem Bashkir: теорема Belarusian: тэарэ́ма Bengali: উপপাদ্য Bulgarian: теоре́ма Catalan: teorema Chinese Mandarin: 定理 Czech: věta Danish: teorem Danish: læresætning Dutch: theorema Dutch: stelling Esperanto: teoremo Estonian: teoreem Finnish: lause Finnish: teoreema French: théorème Galician: teorema Georgian: თეორემა German: Theorem German: Satz German: Lehrsatz Greek: θεώρημα Ancient Greek: θεώρημα Gujarati: પ્રમેય Hebrew: מִשְׁפָּט Hindi: प्रमेय Hungarian: tétel Icelandic: setning Icelandic: kennisetning Indonesian: teorema Irish: teoirim Italian: teorema Japanese: 定理 Kazakh: теорема Khmer: ទ្រឹស្ដីបទ Korean: 정리 Northern Kurdish: teorem Kyrgyz: теорема Lao: ທິດສະດີບົດ Latin: theōrēma Latvian: teorēma Lithuanian: teorema
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