porism
porism · porisms
A proposition affirming the possibility of finding such conditions as will render a…A proposition affirming the possibility of finding such conditions as will render a certain determinate problem indeterminate or capable of innumerable solutions.
Meaning
2 sensesA proposition affirming the possibility of finding such conditions as will render a certain determinate problem indeterminate or capable of innumerable solutions.
A corollary.
Origin
From Ancient Greek πόρισμα (pórisma, “a deduction from a previous demonstration”).From Ancient Greek πόρισμα (pórisma, “a deduction from a previous demonstration”).
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