posit

Betekenis (Engels)

Noun

1. Something that is posited; a postulate.
2. (abbreviation, alt-of) Abbreviation of position.
3. A number format representing a real number consisting of a sign bit, a variable-size "regime" part (which modifies the exponent), up to two exponent bits, and a fraction part, proposed as a more efficient alternative to IEEE 754 floats in AI applications.

Verb

1. To assume the existence of; to postulate.
2. To propose for consideration or study; to suggest.
3. To put (something somewhere) firmly; to place or position.

Concepten

aannemen

gissing

giswerk

hypothese

mening

onderstelling

opinie

plaatsen

speculatie

vermoeden

veronderstellen

veronderstelling

aanname

Synoniemen

state

submit

postulate

put forward

set

place

situate

fix

surmise

deposit

supposition

guess

debouch

cypher

calculate

count

🔢

compute

bring in

avouch

disposition

dispose

come down

drop

ebb

emplacement

enumerate

fall

figure

find

🔍

find out

discharge

dip

collocate

boil down

hypothesize

hypothesis

depress

guarantee

if

imagination

instate

intone

invest

lay

lemma

let

let down

locate

lodge

cipher

Vertalingen

postulieren

postular

postuler

propor

Postulat

postular

situar

avanzare

postulado

postulat

affermare

fixer

presentar

proponer

dichiarare

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/ˈpɒzɪt/

Etymologie (Engels)

Borrowed from Latin positus, perfect participle of pōnō (“put, place”). Sense 3 (type of number format) was coined by American computer scientist and businessman John Gustafson in 2017.