The phrase "adopt the postulate" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it in contexts where you are suggesting that someone accept or embrace a particular assumption or principle as a basis for reasoning or argument.
Example: "In order to advance our theory, we must adopt the postulate that all variables are independent."
Alternatives: "accept the assumption" or "embrace the principle".
The transition-state movements are interpreted by adopting the Hammond postulate for forced-unfolding.
So Boltzmann adopted the following postulate: p(Mj) = cμ(Mj) for all j = 1,…,k, where c is a normalisation constant assuring that the probabilities add up to one.
However, adopting the Probability Postulate leads all believers in the MWI to behave according to the Behavior Principle and with this principle our behavior is similar to the behavior of a believer in the collapse theory who cares about possible future worlds according to the probability of their occurrence.
Such tools adopt the needs-based model of quality of life, which postulates that life gains quality from the ability of individuals to satisfy their own needs [ 26].
Why adopt the Occupy name?
It adopts the needs-based model of QOL that postulates that life gains its quality from the ability of individuals to satisfy their own needs [ 7].
From the work of Roman Jakobson, of the same school of linguistic thought, Lévi-Strauss adopted the so-called distinctive feature method of analysis, which postulates that an unconscious "metastructure" emerges through the human mental process of pairing opposites.
EFSA and JECFA also based their exposure assessment on U-Cd by adopting the model of Amzal et al. (2009), which postulates a monotonic increase of U-Cd from birth until the age of approximately 60.
If one adopts the view that genomes contain sign posts arranged into much shortened search paths, it is consistent to postulate also that 'something' exists that searches this path.
