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How do you use Postulating in a sentence? See 9 example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, plus the exact meaning.

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Postulating in a sentence

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Postulating | Postulated | Postulates

Postulating meaning

present participle and gerund of postulate

Using Postulating

  • The main meaning on this page is: present participle and gerund of postulate
  • In the example corpus, postulating often appears in combinations such as: by postulating, postulating that.

Context around Postulating

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 28.8 words
  • Position in the sentence: 1 start, 8 middle, 0 end
  • Sentence types: 9 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

first 1×

Often after:

underlying 1× human 1× either 1×

Sentence patterns with Postulating

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

concept by postulating a plate 1× explained by postulating human sensitivity 1× far as postulating a proto 1× fields by postulating that quanta 1× languages of postulating either a 1× name first postulating an unattested 1× off from postulating that every 1× only by postulating a demon 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

although scholars have 1× chapman and bartels 1× examples include maxwell 1× georg renatus solta 1× grimm took forseti 1× in order to 1×

Common sentence endings:

ethnic association remains 1× example indo european 1× extract their energy 1× extremely high value 1× field gradient changes 1× in the schematic 1×

Words around Postulating

Just before it in the word index:

postulates 66 postulated 109 postulate 94 postulant 2 posttraumatic 11 posttranslational 3

Just after it in the word index:

postulation 15 postulations 4 postulator 2 postumius 2 postumus 10 postural 19

Similar in corpus frequency:

aakash 12 aanholt 12 aardwolf 12 abadan 12 abati 12 abcc 12

Corpus analysis for Postulating

  • In this selection, "postulating" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 28.8 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, first, underlying, human and either stand out and add context to how "postulating" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include concept by postulating a plate and explained by postulating human sensitivity. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "postulating" sits close to words such as aakash, aanholt and aardwolf, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with postulating

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

Some authors suggest that these abilities may be explained by postulating human sensitivity to small magnetic field gradient changes. (19 words)

Although scholars have backed off from postulating that every site with bichrome pottery was under Philistine control, the ethnic association remains.. (21 words)

Chapman and Bartels (1940) illustrated this concept by postulating a plate with infinite conductivity placed on the dayside of a planet’s dipole as shown in the schematic. (28 words)

Longer example sentences

Examples include: * Maxwell's Demon : This was originally proposed to show that the Second Law of Thermodynamics applied in the statistical sense only, by postulating a "demon" that could select energetic molecules and extract their energy. (36 words)

Georg Renatus Solta (1960) does not go as far as postulating a Proto-Graeco-Armenian stage, but he concludes that considering both the lexicon and morphology, Greek is clearly the dialect most closely related to Armenian. (36 words)

This analysis comes at the expense, in some languages, of postulating either a single nasal consonant that can only be syllabic, or a larger set of nasal vowels than oral vowels, both typologically odd situations. (35 words)

Example sentences (9)

Although scholars have backed off from postulating that every site with bichrome pottery was under Philistine control, the ethnic association remains..

Chapman and Bartels (1940) illustrated this concept by postulating a plate with infinite conductivity placed on the dayside of a planet’s dipole as shown in the schematic.

Examples include: * Maxwell's Demon : This was originally proposed to show that the Second Law of Thermodynamics applied in the statistical sense only, by postulating a "demon" that could select energetic molecules and extract their energy.

Georg Renatus Solta (1960) does not go as far as postulating a Proto-Graeco-Armenian stage, but he concludes that considering both the lexicon and morphology, Greek is clearly the dialect most closely related to Armenian.

Grimm took Forseti, "praeses", to be the older form of the name, first postulating an unattested Old High German equivalent *forasizo (cf. modern German Vorsitzender "one who presides").

In order to define a theory on a continuum, first place a cutoff on the fields, by postulating that quanta cannot have energies above some extremely high value.

Postulating underlying oral or prenasalized stops rather than true nasals helps to explain the apparent instability of nasal correspondences throughout Niger–Congo compared with, for example, Indo-European.

Some authors suggest that these abilities may be explained by postulating human sensitivity to small magnetic field gradient changes.

This analysis comes at the expense, in some languages, of postulating either a single nasal consonant that can only be syllabic, or a larger set of nasal vowels than oral vowels, both typologically odd situations.

Common combinations with postulating

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "postulating" in a sentence?
An example: "Although scholars have backed off from postulating that every site with bichrome pottery was under Philistine control, the ethnic association remains.." This page contains 9 example sentences with the word "postulating" from authentic English texts.
What does "postulating" mean?
Postulating means: present participle and gerund of postulate
How many example sentences with "postulating" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains 9 example sentences with "postulating", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.