Wordnet 3.0
NOUN (2)
1.
a proposition deducible from basic postulates;
2.
an idea accepted as a demonstrable truth;
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Theorem \The"o*rem\, v. t.
To formulate into a theorem.
[1913 Webster] Theorematic
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Theorem \The"o*rem\, n. [L. theorema, Gr. ? a sight,
speculation, theory, theorem, fr. ? to look at, ? a
spectator: cf. F. th['e]or[`e]me. See Theory.]
1. That which is considered and established as a principle;
hence, sometimes, a rule.
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Not theories, but theorems (?), the intelligible
products of contemplation, intellectual objects in
the mind, and of and for the mind exclusively.
--Coleridge.
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By the theorems,
Which your polite and terser gallants practice,
I re-refine the court, and civilize
Their barbarous natures. --Massinger.
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2. (Math.) A statement of a principle to be demonstrated.
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Note: A theorem is something to be proved, and is thus
distinguished from a problem, which is something to be
solved. In analysis, the term is sometimes applied to a
rule, especially a rule or statement of relations
expressed in a formula or by symbols; as, the binomial
theorem; Taylor's theorem. See the Note under
Proposition, n., 5.
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Binomial theorem. (Math.) See under Binomial.
Negative theorem, a theorem which expresses the
impossibility of any assertion.
Particular theorem (Math.), a theorem which extends only to
a particular quantity.
Theorem of Pappus. (Math.) See Centrobaric method, under
Centrobaric.
Universal theorem (Math.), a theorem which extends to any
quantity without restriction.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
theorem
n 1: a proposition deducible from basic postulates
2: an idea accepted as a demonstrable truth
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
53 Moby Thesaurus words for "theorem":
a priori principle, a priori truth, affirmation, apriorism,
assertion, assumed position, assumption, axiom, basis, brocard,
categorical proposition, conjecture, data, deduction, dictate,
dictum, first principles, formula, foundation, fundamental,
golden rule, ground, hypothesis, hypothesis ad hoc, law, lemma,
major premise, minor premise, philosopheme,
philosophical proposition, position, postulate, postulation,
postulatum, premise, presupposition, principium, principle,
proposition, propositional function, rule, self-evident truth,
settled principle, statement, sumption, supposal, thesis, truism,
truth, truth table, truth-function, truth-value, universal truth