EUCLID'S POSTULATE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Euclid's postulate mean? 

• EUCLID'S POSTULATE (noun)
  The noun EUCLID'S POSTULATE has 1 sense:

1. (mathematics) any of five axioms that are generally recognized as the basis for Euclidean geometry

  Familiarity information: EUCLID'S POSTULATE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• EUCLID'S POSTULATE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

(mathematics) any of five axioms that are generally recognized as the basis for Euclidean geometry

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Synonyms:

Euclid's axiom; Euclid's postulate; Euclidean axiom

Hypernyms ("Euclid's postulate" is a kind of...):

axiom ((logic) a proposition that is not susceptible of proof or disproof; its truth is assumed to be self-evident)

Domain category:

math; mathematics; maths (a science (or group of related sciences) dealing with the logic of quantity and shape and arrangement)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "Euclid's postulate"):

Euclid's first axiom (a straight line can be drawn between any two points)

Euclid's second axiom (any terminated straight line can be projected indefinitely)

Euclid's third axiom (a circle with any radius can be drawn around any point)

Euclid's fourth axiom (all right angles are equal)

Euclid's fifth axiom; parallel axiom (only one line can be drawn through a point parallel to another line)