# porism

> English word · Noun

## Definitions
1. A proposition affirming the possibility of finding such conditions as will render a certain determinate problem indeterminate or capable of innumerable solutions.
2. A corollary.

## Etymology
From Ancient Greek πόρισμα (pórisma, “a deduction from a previous demonstration”).

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
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