PORISM
\pˈɔːɹɪzəm], \pˈɔːɹɪzəm], \p_ˈɔː_ɹ_ɪ_z_ə_m]\
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A proposition affirming the possibility of finding such conditions as will render a certain problem indeterminate or capable of innumerable solutions.
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
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In geom., a proposition affirming the possibility of finding such conditions as will render a certain problem indeterminate, or capable of innumerable solutions.
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.
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G. K. Chesterton
- conservative English writer of the Roman Catholic persuasion; in addition to volumes criticism and polemics he wrote detective novels featuring Father Brown (1874-1936)