0 past simple and past participle of postulate
1 to suggest a theory, idea, etc. as a basic principle from which a further idea is formed or developed:
[ + that ] It was the Greek astronomer, Ptolemy, who postulated that the earth was at the centre of the universe.
The apparent postponement of saturation is postulated to be due to modification of the flow field by convergence.
Shaded circles represent postulated haplotypes that were not found in the present samples.
They are also postulated to stimulate other cells for granuloma formation.
An analysis of the postulated relationship between bodily constitution and mental disease syndrome.
It was postulated that the movement of water through hydrocarbon-contaminated sediments would result in the dispersal of hydrocarbon-contaminated meltwater downhill towards the sea.
As a first hypothesis, it may be postulated that there is a large 'core distribution', and that flies outside this range are genetically differentiated.
But objects are what classical logicians have had in mind as the basic entities populating their postulated universes.
We postulated that the current voluntary reporting system considerably underestimates the number of listeriosis cases.
