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theorem

34 ENTRIES FOUND:
  1. theorem (noun)
  2. theorem of Pythagoras
  3. addition theorem (noun)
  4. Bayes' theorem (noun)
  5. Bell's theorem (noun)
  6. Bernoulli's theorem (noun)
  7. binomial theorem (noun)
  8. Carnot's theorem (noun)
  9. Castigliano's theorem (noun)
  10. central limit theorem (noun)
  11. Ceva's theorem (noun)
  12. cobweb theorem (noun)
  13. DeMoivre's theorem (noun)
  14. De Morgan's theorem (noun)
  15. Desargues's theorem (noun)
  16. Fermat's last theorem (noun)
  17. Fourier's theorem (noun)
  18. fundamental theorem of algebra
  19. Gauss' theorem (noun)
  20. Godel's theorem (noun)
  21. Jordan curve theorem (noun)
  22. Larmor's theorem (noun)
  23. Liouville's theorem (noun)
  24. mean value theorem (noun)
  25. Menelaus' theorem (noun)
  26. minimax theorem (noun)
  27. Nernst heat theorem (noun)
  28. Poynting's theorem (noun)
  29. Pythagorean theorem (noun)
  30. remainder theorem (noun)

the·o·rem

noun \ˈthē-ə-rəm, ˈthir-əm\

Definition of THEOREM

1
: a formula, proposition, or statement in mathematics or logic deduced or to be deduced from other formulas or propositions
2
: an idea accepted or proposed as a demonstrable truth often as a part of a general theory : proposition <the theorem that the best defense is offense>
3
: stencil
4
: a painting produced especially on velvet by the use of stencils for each color
— the·o·rem·at·ic \ˌthē-ə-rə-ˈma-tik, ˌthir-ə-\ adjective
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Origin of THEOREM

Late Latin theorema, from Greek theōrēma, from theōrein to look at, from theōros spectator, from thea act of seeing — more at theater
First Known Use: 1551

Other Mathematics and Statistics Terms

abscissa, denominator, divisor, equilateral, exponent, hypotenuse, logarithm, oblique, radii, rhomb

Rhymes with THEOREM

serum

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