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hypothesis definition
hypothesis |
Grep of noun hypothesis avogadro's hypothesis hypothesis nebular hypothesis planetesimal hypothesis Overview of noun hypothesis The noun hypothesis has 3 senses (first 2 from tagged texts) 1. (7) hypothesis -- (a proposal intended to explain certain facts or observations) 2. (6) hypothesis, possibility, theory -- (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") 3. guess, conjecture, supposition, surmise, surmisal, speculation, hypothesis -- (a message expressing an opinion based on incomplete evidence) Overview of noun hypothesis The noun hypothesis has 3 senses (first 2 from tagged texts) 1. (7) hypothesis -- (a proposal intended to explain certain facts or observations) 2. (6) hypothesis, possibility, theory -- (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") 3. guess, conjecture, supposition, surmise, surmisal, speculation, hypothesis -- (a message expressing an opinion based on incomplete evidence)
hypothesis definition