postulateとは

意味・読み方・使い方

語源

From Medieval Latin postulāt- (“asked”), from the verb postulāre (“to ask”), from Latin postulō (“request”).

発音

Noun

• (英国発音) enPR: pŏsʹtyo͝o-lət IPA^(key): /ˈpɒstjʊlət/
• (米国発音) enPR: pŏsʹchə-lət, pŏsʹchə-lāt', IPA^(key): /ˈpɑstʃələt/, /ˈpɑstʃəˌleɪt/
• ハイフネーション: pos‧tu‧late

Adjective

• (英国発音) enPR: pŏsʹtyo͝o-lət IPA^(key): /ˈpɒstjʊlət/
• (米国発音) enPR: pŏsʹchə-lət, IPA^(key): /ˈpɑstʃələt/
• ハイフネーション: pos‧tu‧late

Verb

• (英国発音) enPR: pŏsʹtyo͝o-lāt IPA^(key): /ˈpɒstjʊleɪt/
• (米国発音) enPR: pŏsʹchə-lāt' IPA^(key): /ˈpɑstʃəˌleɪt/
• ハイフネーション: pos‧tu‧late

名詞

postulate (複数形 postulates)

1. Something assumed without proof as being self-evident or generally accepted, especially when used as a basis for an argument. Sometimes distinguished from axioms as being relevant to a particular science or context, rather than universally true, and following from other axioms rather than being an absolute assumption.
2. A fundamental element; a basic principle.
3. (logic) An axiom.
4. A requirement; a prerequisite.

派生語

• parallel postulate
• universal postulate

形容詞

postulate (not comparable)

1. Postulated.

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動詞

postulate (三人称単数 現在形 postulates, 現在分詞 postulating, 過去形および過去分詞形 postulated)

1. To assume as a truthful or accurate premise or axiom, especially as a basis of an argument.
   • 1883, Benedictus de Spinoza, translated by R. H. M. Elwes, Ethics, Part 3, Prop. XXII,

     But this pleasure or pain is postulated to come to us accompanied by the idea of an external cause; […]

   • 1911, Encyclopædia Britannica, "Infinite",

     [T]he attempt to arrive at a physical explanation of existence led the Ionian thinkers to postulate various primal elements or simply the infinite τὸ ἀπειρον.

2. (transitive, intransitive, Christianity, historical) To appoint or request one's appointment to an ecclesiastical office.
   • 1874, John Small (ed.), The Poetical Works of Gavin Douglas, Bishop of Dunkeld, Vol 1, p. xvi

     [A]lthough Douglas was postulated to it [the Abbacy of Arbroath], and signed letters and papers under this designation his nomination […] was never completed.

3. (transitive, intransitive, obsolete) To request, demand or claim for oneself.

派生語

• postulation
• postulational

アナグラム

• attopulse

Latin

動詞

postulāte

1. second-person plural present active imperative of postulō