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porism

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A proposition affirming the possibility of finding such conditions as will render a certain determinate problem indeterminate or capable of innumerable solutions.

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Topics: geometry, mathematics, number-theory, sciences

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noun

Meaning 2

A corollary.

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History

Etymology

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