Sucrose found in a fruit and sucrose used to bake a cake are identical. All have the same calorific values (4 kcal/ 17 kJ of energy per gram). The body does not distinguish between sugars used in manufactured food and drinks or in the home, and those found naturally in foods.
Princeton's WordNet(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition: 1  maxim, axiom(noun) a saying that is widely accepted on its own merits. 2  axiom(noun) (logic) a proposition that is not susceptible of proof or disproof; its truth is assumed to be self-evident.
3. (Logic) logic. 1  a. (of a formal theory) not so constructed that the addition of a non-theorem to the axioms renders it inconsistent. 2  b. (of an expression) not having a reference of its own but requiring completion by another expression.