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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