OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 7627

hypothesis

/haɪˈpɒθɪsɪs/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
hipótesi (disused) • hipótesis
A tentative conjecture explaining an observation, phenomenon or scientific problem and that can be tested by further observation, investigation, or experimentation.
Far too many of us have been taught in school that a scientist, in the course of trying to figure something out, will first come up with a "hypothesis" (a guess or surmise—not nece…
This hypothesis goes by many names, including group resistence, the threshold effect, and the gender paradox. Because the hypothesis holds such wide appeal, it is worth revisiting…
hipótesi (disused) • hipótesis
An assumption taken to be true for the purpose of argument or investigation.
hipótesi (disused) • hipótesis
The antecedent of a conditional statement.
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