Theorem /(?)/

The·o·rem

Theorem

n.
  1. That which is considered and established as a principle; hence, sometimes, a rule.
    Not theories, but theorems (), the intelligible products of contemplation, intellectual objects in the mind, and of and for the mind exclusively.
    By the theorems, Which your polite and terser gallants practice, I re-refine the court, and civilize Their barbarous natures.
  2. A statement of a principle to be demonstrated. (Math.)

Phrases & Compounds
Binomial theorem
See under Binomial.
Negative theorem
a theorem which expresses the impossibility of any assertion.
Particular theorem
a theorem which extends only to a particular quantity.
Theorem of Pappus
See Centrobaric method, under Centrobaric.
Universal theorem
a theorem which extends to any quantity without restriction.

Theorem

v. t.
  1. To formulate into a theorem.