Axiomatization

Pronunciation

• UK IPA: /ËŒaksɪəmÉ™tʌɪˈzeɪʃnÌ©/

Origin

From axiomatize + -ation.

Full definition of axiomatization

Noun

1. The reduction of some system or concept to a set of axioms.
• 2012, George Dyson, Turing's Cathedral, Penguin 2013, p. 49:The axiomatization of set theory formed the foundations, mathematically, of everything else.
2. The result of establishing a concept within a system of axioms; axiomatic system.

Related terms

• axiom
• axiomatic
• axiomatize