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theorem

the·o·rem
T t

Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [thee-er-uh m, theer-uh m]
    • /ˈθi ər əm, ˈθɪər əm/
    • /ˈθɪə.rəm/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [thee-er-uh m, theer-uh m]
    • /ˈθi ər əm, ˈθɪər əm/

Definitions of theorem word

  • noun theorem Mathematics. a theoretical proposition, statement, or formula embodying something to be proved from other propositions or formulas. 1
  • noun theorem a rule or law, especially one expressed by an equation or formula. 1
  • noun theorem Logic. a proposition that can be deduced from the premises or assumptions of a system. 1
  • noun theorem an idea, belief, method, or statement generally accepted as true or worthwhile without proof. 1
  • noun theorem proposition 1
  • countable noun theorem A theorem is a statement in mathematics or logic that can be proved to be true by reasoning. 0
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Origin of theorem

First appearance:

before 1545
One of the 30% oldest English words
1545-55; < Late Latin theōrēma < Greek theṓrēma spectacle, hence, subject for contemplation, thesis (to be proved), equivalent to theōrē-, variant stem of theōreîn to view + -ma noun suffix

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Parts of speech for Theorem

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Full grammatical hierarchy of Theorem

theorem popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 94% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

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Synonyms for theorem

noun theorem

  • algorithm — An algorithm is a series of mathematical steps, especially in a computer program, which will give you the answer to a particular kind of problem or question.
  • apophthegm — a short cryptic remark containing some general or generally accepted truth; maxim
  • apriority — the quality or fact of being a priori
  • axiom — An axiom is a statement or idea which people accept as being true.
  • basis — If something is done on a particular basis, it is done according to that method, system, or principle.
All 24 Synonyms of theorem

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Related words

  • cpt theorem

    the proposition that all the laws of physics are unchanged by the combined operations of charge conjugation (C), space inversion (P), and time reversal (T).

  • heine-borel theorem

    the theorem that in a metric space every covering consisting of open sets that covers a closed and compact set has a finite collection of subsets that covers the given set.

  • triangle inequality

    the theorem that the absolute value of the sum of two quantities is less than or equal to the sum of the absolute values of the quantities.

  • bayes' theorem

    the fundamental result which expresses the conditional probability P(E/A) of an event E given an event A as P(A/E).P(E)/P(A); more generally, where En is one of a set of values Ei which partition the sample space, P(En/A) = P(A/En)P(En)/Σ P(A/Ei)P(Ei). This enables prior estimates of probability to be continually revised in the light of observations

  • binomial theorem

    a mathematical theorem that gives the expansion of any binomial raised to a positive integral power, n. It contains n + 1 terms: (x + a)n = xn + nxn–1a + [n(n–1)/2] xn–2a2 +…+ (nk) xn–kak + … + an, where (nk) = n!/(n–k)!k!, the number of combinations of k items selected from n
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