Hypothesis

  • 31hypothesis — n.; pl. ses [Gr. hypothesis, theory] A tentative proposition explaining the occurrence of a phenomenon either asserted as provisional conjecture to guide an investigation or accepted as highly probable in view of established facts …

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  • 32hypothesis — A conjecture advanced for heuristic purposes, cast in a form that is amenable to confirmation or refutation by the conductance of definable experiments and the critical assembly of empiric data; not to be confused with assumption, postulation, or …

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  • 33hypothesis — A proposition put forward as a supposition, rather than asserted. A hypothesis may be put forward for testing or for discussion, possibly as a prelude to acceptance or rejection …

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  • 34hypothesis — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. condition, supposition, theory, postulate, assumption. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. theory, supposition, surmise, speculation, scheme, system, conjecture, prediction, assumption, presumption, condition,… …

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  • 35Hypothesis — Hy|po|the|sis die; , ...thesen <aus gr. hypóthesis »Grundlage, Voraussetzung«, vgl. ↑Hypothese> von alexandrinischen Gelehrten verfasste literaturhistorische u. ästhetische Einleitung zu den von ihnen herausgegebenen griech. Dramen …

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  • 36hypothesis — noun his steady state hypothesis of the origin of the universe Syn: theory, theorem, thesis, conjecture, supposition, postulation, postulate, proposition, premise, assumption; notion, concept, idea, possibility …

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  • 37hypothesis — /haɪˈpɒθəsəs / (say huy pothuhsuhs) noun (plural hypotheses /haɪˈpɒθəsiz/ (say huy pothuhseez)) 1. a proposition (or set of propositions) proposed as an explanation for the occurrence of some specified group of phenomena, either asserted merely… …

  • 38hypothesis — hipotezė statusas T sritis fizika atitikmenys: angl. hypothesis vok. Hypothese, f rus. гипотеза, f pranc. hypothèse, f …

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  • 39hypothesis — hipotezė statusas T sritis Politika apibrėžtis Preliminarus teiginys, kurį patikrinus paaiškinami kintamųjų priežastiniai ryšiai ir/arba tam tikras reiškinys. Pirminė yra arkinė hipotezė, ją patikrinus paaiškinami nepriklausomo ir priklausomo… …

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  • 40hypothesis — hipotezė statusas T sritis augalininkystė apibrėžtis Prielaida, siūloma aiškinti dalykams, kuriuos reikia patvirtinti eksperimentais. atitikmenys: angl. hypothesis rus. гипотеза …

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