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Definition of Postulational
1. Adjective. Of or relating to or derived from axioms. "The postulational method was applied to geometry"
Definition of Postulational
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Postulational
Literary usage of Postulational
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1916)
"The postulational method of work is more formal and is a better tool for the road
... In plane geometry we had our introduction to the postulational method. ..."
2. Lectures on the Philosophy of Mathematics by James Byrnie Shaw (1918)
"However, the postulational method of presentation has its place, ... The postulational
method, however, is impotent to produce progress or to create new ..."
3. The Human Worth of Rigorous Thinking: Essays and Addresses by Cassius Jackson Keyser (1916)
"In all this study of the postulational method the impression will be gained that
the science of mathematics consists of a large and increasing number of ..."
4. Mathematical Philosophy: A Study of Fate and Freedom; Lectures for Educated by Cassius Jackson Keyser (1922)
"... as an introduction, for beginners, to the geometries of Lobachevski and Riemann;
Modern Pure Geometry, by Professor TF Holgate—not postulational or ..."
5. Mathematical Philosophy: A Study of Fate and Freedom; Lectures for Educated by Cassius Jackson Keyser (1922)
"... to employ the postulational method in many instances where it has never been
employed nor even attempted, to hold it as a model in all cases, ..."
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