Hypertext Webster Gateway: "postulation"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Postulation \Pos`tu*la"tion\, n. [L. postulatio: cf. F.
postulation.]
The act of postulating, or that which is postulated;
assumption; solicitation; suit; cause.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
postulation
n : a declaration of something self-evident; something that can
be assumed as the basis for argument [syn: {predication}]
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