- 1. n. A proposition affirming the possibility of finding such conditions as will render a certain determinate problem indeterminate or capable of innumerable solutions. Source: opted
- 2. n. A corollary. Source: opted
- 3. 1. (Geom.) A proposition affirming the possibility of finding such conditions as will render a certain determinate problem indeterminate or capable of innumerable solutions. Playfair. 2. (Gr. Geom.) A corollary. Brande & C. Note: Three books of porisms of Euclid have been lost, but several attempts to determine the nature of these propositions and to restore them have been made by modern geometers. Source: webster
- 4. A proposition affirming the possibility of finding suchconditions as will render a certain determinate problem indeterminateor capable of innumerable solutions. Playfair. Source: adambom
- 5. n. A proposition affirming the possibility of finding such conditions as will render a certain determinate problem indeterminate or capable of innumerable solutions. n. A corollary. Source: ecdict
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