noun porism a type of mathematical proposition considered by Euclid, the meaning of which is now obscure. It is thought to be a proposition affirming the possibility of finding such conditions as will render a certain problem indeterminate or capable of innumerable solutions 0
noun porism a geometrical proposition variously defined, as 0
noun porism a proposition deduced from some other demonstrated proposition; corollary 0
noun porism a proposition that uncovers the possibility of finding such conditions as to make a specific problem capable of innumerable solutions 0