A standard or test by which individual things or people may be compared and judged.

plural of criterion

Alternative form of criterial

(physics) A necessary, but not sufficient, condition for the achievement of sustained release of energy from a nuclear fusion reactor; that the heating effect of the reaction should exceed the losses.

(philosophy) Synonym of verifiability principle

(philosophy) Synonym of verifiability principle

(philosophy) Synonym of verifiability principle

(philosophy) Synonym of verifiability principle

(number theory) A theorem which states that, given a positive integer a which is coprime to an odd prime number p, a is a quadratic residue of p if and only if a^((p-1)/2) is congruent to 1 modulo p.

(probability theory) A formula used to determine the optimal size of a series of bets in order to maximize the logarithm of wealth.