Sugar is first and foremost used because of its sweetening properties. It has a clean sweet taste with no aftertaste and is the reference against which other sweeteners are compared. Beyond its sweetening properties, sugar provides structure and texture to many traditional foods, such as bakery products and jam.
For the term in algebraic geometry, see Postulation (algebraic geometry). An axiom or postulate is a statement that is taken to be true, to serve as a premise or starting point for further reasoning and arguments. The word comes from the Greek axÃ­Åma (á¼Î¾Î¯ÏÎ¼Î±) 'that which is thought worthy or fit' or 'that which commends itself as evident.'.
Geometry, as an axiomatic system, begins with a small set of undefined terms that can be described and builds through the addition of definitions and postulates to the point where mathematical theorems can be proven. -Statements of meaning. -Our simplest and most fundamental statements.