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공리
공리 is a starting assumption accepted without proof. It differs from 정리, a theorem that is proved. The same syllables can mean public interest in other compounds.
Examples in context
기하학은 몇 개의 공리에서 출발합니다.
Geometry starts from a few axioms.
공리는 증명 없이 참으로 받아들입니다.
An axiom is accepted as true without proof.
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