Etymology

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Today it means: A proposition affirming the possibility of finding such conditions as will render a certain determinate problem indeterminate or capable of innumerable solutions. Full definition →

Ancient Greek πόρισμα
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  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromπόρισμα“a deduction from a previous demonstration”
  2. English todayporism

From Ancient Greek πόρισμα (pórisma, “a deduction from a previous demonstration”).

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