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Feb 12, 2012
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ax•i•om



Pronunciation: (ak'sē-um), [key]
n.
1. a self-evident truth that requires no proof.
2. a universally accepted principle or rule.
3. Logic, Math.a proposition that is assumed without proof for the sake of studying the consequences that follow from it.

Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.

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