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axiomatise

axiomatise is the alternative spelling of axiomatize.

Meaning of axiomatize

Verb

axiomatize (third-person singular simple present axiomatizes, present participle axiomatizing, simple past and past participle axiomatized)

  1. To establish a set of axioms that describe or govern certain phenomena
    • For toposes were invented by Grothendieck in the sixties for specific purposes in algebraic geometry and algebraic topology. Later on, Lawvere and Tierney [11] axiomatized the notion of an elementary topos with the goal of providing an appropriate foundation for differential geometry.1998, Jean-Pierre Marquis, “Book Review: Colin McLarty. Elementary Categories, Elementary Toposes.”, in Notre Dame Journal of Formal Logic, volume 39, number 3, page 441

Forms of axiomatise

third-person singular presentaxiomatises
present participleaxiomatising
past participleaxiomatised
pastaxiomatised

Words formed from axiomatise

Questions about axiomatise

What is axiomatise the alternative spelling of?
Axiomatise is the alternative spelling of axiomatize.

Words near axiomatise in the dictionary

  1. axiomaticity
  2. axiomatics
  3. axiomatisable
  4. axiomatisation
  5. axiomatisations
  6. axiomatise
  7. axiomatised
  8. axiomatises
  9. axiomatising
  10. axiomatist
  11. axiomatists

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