axioms

NOUN

principle

Synonyms

STRONGEST

adage aphorism dictum maxim precept proverb theorem

STRONG

apothegm device fundamental law moral postulate proposition saying truism truth

Antonyms

WEAK

absurdity ambiguity foolishness nonsense paradox

Example Sentences

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A group of undergraduate students from the University of Hamburg designed and built a cavity detector to search for axions, which are among the leading candidates for dark matter.

From Science Daily • Apr. 27, 2026

Through these mechanisms, the reactor could theoretically produce axions or axion like particles.

From Science Daily • Dec. 28, 2025

Today, axions are considered plausible candidates for dark matter, and experiments worldwide are actively searching for them, including physicists at Fermilab and the University of Chicago.

From Science Daily • Nov. 4, 2025

Instead, they explored the production of gamma rays by axions in the strong magnetic fields around the very star that generated the axions.

From Science Daily • Nov. 21, 2024

Alternatively, astrophysicists have proposed looking for axions produced inside neutron stars immediately after a core-collapse supernova, like 1987A.

From Science Daily • Nov. 21, 2024