HYPOTHESIS
\ha͡ɪpˈɒθəsˌɪs], \haɪpˈɒθəsˌɪs], \h_aɪ_p_ˈɒ_θ_ə_s_ˌɪ_s]\
Definitions of HYPOTHESIS
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1920 - A practical medical dictionary.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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a message expressing an opinion based on incomplete evidence
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a tentative theory about the natural world; a concept that is not yet verified but that if true would explain certain facts or phenomena; "a scientific hypothesis that survives experimental testing becomes a scientific theory"; "he proposed a fresh theory of alkalis that later was accepted in chemical practices"
By Princeton University
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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A supposition; a proposition or principle which is supposed or taken for granted, in order to draw a conclusion or inference for proof of the point in question; something not proved, but assumed for the purpose of argument, or to account for a fact or an occurrence; as, the hypothesis that head winds detain an overdue steamer.
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A tentative theory or supposition provisionally adopted to explain certain facts, and to guide in the investigation of others; hence, frequently called a working hypothesis.
By Oddity Software
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A supposition; a proposition or principle which is supposed or taken for granted, in order to draw a conclusion or inference for proof of the point in question; something not proved, but assumed for the purpose of argument, or to account for a fact or an occurrence; as, the hypothesis that head winds detain an overdue steamer.
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A tentative theory or supposition provisionally adopted to explain certain facts, and to guide in the investigation of others; hence, frequently called a working hypothesis.
By Noah Webster.
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Something assumed for the purpose of argument; a theory which may or may not prove to be true; supposition; conjecture.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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Hypothetie, hypothetical.
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Something assumed as the foundation of an argument; supposition.
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By James Champlin Fernald
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A supposition; something assumed for the purpose of argument; an assumption in explanation of a fact which may or may not be found to be true by an extended induction.
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
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Something assumed for the purpose of argument; a system or theory put forward to account for something not understood.
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.
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