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PROBLEM

Volume 16 · 51 words · 1810 Edition

in Logic, is a proposition that neither appears absolutely true nor false; and, consequently, may be asserted either in the affirmative or negative.

Problem, in Geometry, is a proposition, wherein some operation or construction is required; as to divide a line or angle, erect or let fall perpendiculars, &c. See Geometry.