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is considered and established as a principle; hence, sometimes, a rule. Not theories, but theorems (Coleridge. By the theorems, Which your polite and terser gallants practice, I re-refine the court, and civilize Their barbarous natures. Massinger.

Of or pertaining to a theorem or theorems; comprised in a theorem; consisting of theorems.

One who constructs theorems.

Theorematic. Grew.

names, the one indicating the genus, the other the species, to which it belongs. Binomial theorem (Alg.), the theorem which expresses the law of formation of any power of a binomial.

Having, or leading, two ways. Bivious theorems and Janus-faced doctrines. Sir T. Browne.

e line or surface by the length of the path of its center of gravity; -- sometimes called theorem of Pappus, also, incorrectly, Guldinus's properties. See Barycentric calculus, under Calculus.

the links of a chain. -- Chain pumps. See in the Vocabulary. -- Chain rule (Arith.), a theorem for solving numerical problems by composition of ratios, or compound proportion, by which, when several ratios of equality are given, the consequent of each being the same as the antecedent of the next, the relation betwee…

Containing many names or terms; multinominal; as, the polynomial theorem.

A theorem or proposition so easy of demonstration as to be almost self-evident. [R.] Crabb.

evident problem, in distinction from an axiom, which is the enunciation of a self-evident theorem. The distinction between a postulate and an axiom lies in this, -- that the latter is admitted to be self-evident, while the former may be agreed upon between two reasoners, and admitted by both, but not as proposition whi…

l and mathematical relations of things. Encyc. Brit. Pythagorean proposition (Geom.), the theorem that the square described upon the hypothenuse of a plane right-angled triangle is equal to the sum of the squares described upon the other two sides. -- Pythagorean system (Astron.), the commonly received system of astro…

To make solid or compact. Every machine is a solidified mechanical theorem. H. Spencer.

A numerical coefficient in any particular case of the binomial theorem. [Obs.]