postulation
- IPA[ˌpäsCHəˈlāSH(ə)n]
美式
- a suggestion or assumption of the existence, fact, or truth of something as a basis for reasoning, discussion, or belief;(in ecclesiastical law) a nomination or election of someone to an ecclesiastical office subject to the sanction of a higher authority.
noun: postulation, plural noun: postulations
- 釋義
名詞
- 1. a suggestion or assumption of the existence, fact, or truth of something as a basis for reasoning, discussion, or belief discrepancies between empirical findings and theoretical postulations the postulation of the existence of a lost continent
- 2. (in ecclesiastical law) a nomination or election of someone to an ecclesiastical office subject to the sanction of a higher authority.
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- IPA[ˌpɒstjʊˈleɪʃn]
英式
- a suggestion or assumption of the existence, fact, or truth of something as a basis for ... discrepancies between empirical findings and theoretical postulations the postulation of the existence of a lost continent
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