verb
- to formulate or express as axioms; to reduce to a set of axioms
Usage: mathematics; logic; formal
Examples
- The mathematician worked to axiomatize the theory of probability.
- Euclid axiomatized geometry by establishing five fundamental postulates.
- The logician attempted to axiomatize the principles of reasoning.
- It took decades to properly axiomatize set theory.
- The goal was to axiomatize the entire mathematical framework.
- Researchers continue to axiomatize various branches of mathematics.