postulation

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I created this account for YC'W13 batch postulation.

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Quick take

(logic) a declaration of something self-evident; something that can be assumed as the basis for argument

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of postulation gathered in one view.

noun

(logic) a declaration of something self-evident; something that can be assumed as the basis for argument

noun

a formal message requesting something that is submitted to an authority

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for postulation.

noun

(logic) a declaration of something self-evident; something that can be assumed as the basis for argument

noun

a formal message requesting something that is submitted to an authority

Example sentences

I created this account for YC'W13 batch postulation.

I think the postulation that most programmers like to hop jobs is incorrect.

No - you can't state that with any quantitative facts, what you've stated is pure postulation.

The moral weight of this absurd postulation, if anything, swings toward the past rather than the future.

That site is by far the other side of the coin to this article, such as the following postulation:The McKinsey graph on China tells it all.

> What you're saying is merely postulation, it's not "demonstrably" trueI don't think the parent disagrees with you.

Typically for the guardian there is a worrying amount of misdirection in there...It's postulation that really has no current possible proofs; so therefore, well, quite useless.

All observers consistute an ontologically distinct mental reality[1], which by postulation is describable in terms of matter, and so a fortiori describable by quantum mechanics.