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Webster Dictionary

  1. Porismnoun

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

  2. Porismnoun

    a corollary

  3. Etymology: [Gr. a thing procured, a deduction from a demonstration, fr. to bring, provide: cf. F. porisme.]

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  1. Porism

    A porism is a mathematical proposition or corollary. In particular, the term porism has been used to refer to a direct result of a proof, analogous to how a corollary refers to a direct result of a theorem. In modern textbooks the term porism [Eve, pg137] is considered an informal notion, applying to a fairly but not exactly defined class of propositions. A porism is a proposition in which there is a condition for a certain relation to subsists, but if the condition subsists the the relation subsists infinitely often. The term originates from three books of Euclid with porism, that have been lost. Steiners porism is a good example. Note that a proposition may not have been proven, so a porism may not be a theorem, or for that matter, it may not be true.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Porism

    por′ism, n. a proposition affirming the possibility of finding such conditions as will render a certain problem capable of innumerable solutions.—adjs. Porismat′ic, -al; Poris′tic, -al, reducing a determinate problem to an indeterminate. [Gr. porizein, to procure—poros, a way.]

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of porism in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of porism in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9


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