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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (2)

1. (logic) a declaration of something self-evident; something that can be assumed as the basis for argument;
[syn: postulation, predication]

2. a formal message requesting something that is submitted to an authority;
[syn: request, petition, postulation]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Postulation \Pos`tu*la"tion\, n. [L. postulatio: cf. F. postulation.] The act of postulating, or that which is postulated; assumption; solicitation; suit; cause. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

postulation n 1: (logic) a declaration of something self-evident; something that can be assumed as the basis for argument [syn: postulation, predication] 2: a formal message requesting something that is submitted to an authority [syn: request, petition, postulation]