postulate
post shuh layt
- n (logic) a proposition that is accepted as true in order to provide a basis for logical reasoning
- v maintain or assert
- v take as a given; assume as a postulate or axiom
- v require as useful, just, or proper
This intervention does not postulate a patient's consent
- Economics postulate that concentration of wealth derived from legitimate business profits is an indicator of general prosperity.
- Einstein started from the postulate that the laws of science should appear the same to all freely moving observers.
- Working from Higgs' theory, scientists postulate that initially weightless particles move through a ubiquitous quantum field, known as a Higgs field, like a pearl necklace through .