Both Uses of
postulate
in
Brave New World
- He became rather technical; spoke of the abnormal endocrine co-ordination which made men grow so slowly; postulated a germinal mutation to account for it.†
p. 15..5 *
- But you've got to stick to one set of postulates.†
p. 236..4
Definition:
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(postulate) something assumed as a basis for further logical development; or the proposal of such an assumption