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  • noun Plural form of theorem.

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Examples

  • Certainly, there are plenty of moral arguments – like certain theorems in logic or math – that an untutored person will find counterintuitive.

    How Scriptural Authority Might Work 2006

  • The use of computers to prove mathematical theorems is forcing mathematicians to re-examine the foundations of their discipline.

    Proof M-mv 2005

  • These are provable from the rules, and can rightly be called the theorems of chess.

    Lee Smolin Argues Against the Timeless Multiverse William Harryman 2009

  • And now I add this other degree of the same excellence, that he can by words reduce the consequences he finds to general rules, called theorems, or aphorisms; that is, he can reason, or reckon, not only in number, but in all other things whereof one may be added unto or subtracted from another.

    Leviathan 2007

  • They are about "doing" graphic design, delivered not so much as theory, I suppose, as theorems, which is why the moment someone does something that contradicts them the whole house of cards tumbles and it becomes open season on "rules".

    Design theory and its critics Jonathan 2004

  • They are about "doing" graphic design, delivered not so much as theory, I suppose, as theorems, which is why the moment someone does something that contradicts them the whole house of cards tumbles and it becomes open season on "rules".

    Archive 2004-07-01 Jonathan 2004

  • The idea underlying the design of Frege and Russell's logical deduction systems is that the theorems should be the formulas that correspond (intuitively) to the logical truths or logical validities.

    Propositional Consequence Relations and Algebraic Logic Jansana, Ramon 2006

  • Neoclassical economists often referred to theorems about rational utility maximizers as akin to theorems about a frictionless slope albeit, as a rule, they do not discuss the corrections the friction factor requires.

    THE MORAL DIMENSION Amitai Etzioni 1988

  • Neoclassical economists often referred to theorems about rational utility maximizers as akin to theorems about a frictionless slope albeit, as a rule, they do not discuss the corrections the friction factor requires.

    THE MORAL DIMENSION Amitai Etzioni 1988

  • And now I add this other degree of the same excellence, that he can by words reduce the consequences he finds to general rules, called theorems, or aphorisms; that is, he can reason, or reckon, not only in number, but in all other things whereof one may be added unto or subtracted from another.

    Leviathan, or, The matter, forme, & power of a common-wealth ecclesiasticall and civill 1651

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