porism

== English == === Etymology === From Ancient Greek πόρισμα (pórisma, “a deduction from a previous demonstration”). === Pronunciation === === Noun === porism (plural porisms) (geometry, number theory) A proposition affirming the possibility of finding such conditions as will render a certain determinate problem indeterminate or capable of innumerable solutions. A corollary. ==== References ==== Porism: "A proposition affirming the possibility of finding one or more of the conditions of an indeterminate theorem." - Dugald Stewart Porism: "A proposition affirming the possibility of finding such conditions as will render a certain problem indeterminate or capable of innumerable solutions." - John Playfair porism on Wikipedia.Wikipedia “porism”, in OneLook Dictionary Search. === Anagrams === impros, primos