THEOREM
\θˈi͡əɹəm], \θˈiəɹəm], \θ_ˈiə_ɹ_ə_m]\
Definitions of THEOREM
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- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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That which is considered and established as a principle; hence, sometimes, a rule.
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A statement of a principle to be demonstrated.
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To formulate into a theorem.
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That which is considered and established as a principle; hence, sometimes, a rule.
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A statement of a principle to be demonstrated.
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To formulate into a theorem.
By Noah Webster.
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That which can be shown to be true, and has been established as a principle or law; in mathematics, a proposition which can be proved.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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A proposition to be proved.
By James Champlin Fernald
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
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In math., something laid down as a truth which is to be proved by a chain of reasoning; in analysis, a rule or statement of relations expressed in a formula or by symbols.
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.
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n. [Greek] An established principle or position; a speculative truth;-a position requiring demonstration; a proposition that has to be proved, as distinguished from a problem that has to be solved;-in algebra, a rule; especially, a symbolic rule or formula.
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HEREDITAMENTS
- Tilings capable of being inherited, be it corporeal or incorporeal,real, personal, mixed, and including not only lands everything thereon, but alsolieir-looms, certain furniture which, by custom, may descend to the heir togetherwith (he land. Co. Litt. 5b; 2 Bl. Comm. 17; Nell is v. Munson, 108 N. Y. 453, 15 E.730; Owens Lewis, 40 Ind. 508, Am. Rep. 205; Whitlock Greacen. 4S J. Eq.350. 21 Atl. 944; Mitchell Warner, 5 Conn. 407; New York Mabie, 13 150, 04Am. Dec. 53S. Estates. Anything capable of being inherited, be it corporeal or incorporeal, real, personal, mixed and including not only lands everything thereon, but also heir looms, certain furniture which, by custom, may descend to the heir, together with land. Co. Litt. 5 b; 1 Tho. 219; 2 Bl. Com. 17. this term such things are denoted, as subject-matter inheritance, inheritance itself; cannot therefore, its own intrinsic force, enlarge an estate, prima facie a life into fee. B. & P. 251; 8 T. R. 503; 219, note Hereditaments are divided into corporeal and incorporeal. confined to lands. (q. v.) Vide Incorporeal hereditaments, Shep. To. 91; Cruise's Dig. tit. 1, s. 1; Wood's Inst.221; 3 Kent, Com. 321; Dane's Ab. Index, h.t.; 1 Chit. Pr. 203-229; 2 Bouv. Inst. n. 1595, et seq.