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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Thesis \The"sis\, n.; pl {Theses}. [L., fr Gr ?, fr ? to place set See {Do}, and cf {Anathema}, {Apothecary}, {Epithet}, {Hypothesis}, {Parenthesis}, {Theme}, {Tick} a cover.] 1. A position or proposition which a person advances and offers to maintain, or which is actually maintained by argument. 2. Hence an essay or dissertation written upon specific or definite theme; especially, an essay presented by a candidate for a diploma or degree. I told them of the grave, becoming, and sublime deportment they should assume upon this mystical occasion, and read them two homilies and a thesis of my own composing, to prepare them --Goldsmith. 3. (Logic) An affirmation, or distinction from a supposition or hypothesis. 4. (Mus.) The accented part of the measure, expressed by the downward beat -- the opposite of arsis. 5. (Pros.) a The depression of the voice in pronouncing the syllables of a word b The part of the foot upon which such a depression falls. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: thesis n 1: an unproved statement put forward as a premise in an argument 2: a treatise advancing a new point of view resulting from research; usually a requirement for an advanced academic degree [syn: {dissertation}]
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