theorem in English dictionary

  • theorem

    Meanings and definitions of "theorem"

    • (mathematics) A mathematical statement of some importance that has been proven to be true. Minor theorems are often called propositions . Theorems which are not very interesting in themselves but are an essential part of a bigger theorem's proof are called lemmas
    • (mathematics, colloquial, nonstandard) A mathematical statement that is expected to be true; as, Fermat's Last Theorem (as which it was known long before it was proved in the 1990s.)
    • (logic) a syntactically correct expression that is deducible from the given axioms of a deductive system
    • noun
      (mathematics)
      A mathematical statement of some importance that has been proven to be true. Minor theorems are often called propositions. Theorems which are not very interesting in themselves but are an essential part of a bigger theorem's proof are called lemmas.
    • noun
      (mathematics, colloquial, nonstandard)
      A mathematical statement that is expected to be true
    • noun
      (logic)
      A syntactically correct expression that is deducible from the given axioms of a deductive system.
    • verb
      (transitive)
      To formulate into a theorem.
    • A mathematical statement of some importance that has been proved to be true.
    • proved mathematical statement
    • mathematical statement that is expected to be true
    • noun
      an idea accepted as a demonstrable truth
    • noun
      a proposition deducible from basic postulates

    Synonyms of "theorem" in English dictionary

    thought, proposition, idea are the top synonyms of "theorem" in the English thesaurus.

    Grammar and declension of theorem

    • theorem ( plural  theorems)
    • theorem (plural theorems)
    • theorem (third-person singular simple present theorems, present participle theoreming, simple past and past participle theoremed)
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