Meaning & use
Axiomatic
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Self-evidently true, or accepted as a starting point without need for proof; relating to axioms.
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It's almost axiomatic that practice improves performance.
The theorem rests on a small set of axiomatic assumptions about space and number.
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From Greek "axioma" (that which is thought worthy or fit), the root shared with mathematical "axioms."
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