Hypothesis



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解释

GRE 红宝书

• n. 假设, 假说
• ［英］ n. 假设, 假说 ( an unproved theory)
• ［类］ claim : legitimated / hypothesis : confirmed ( 声称的权利必须被合法化 / 假设必须被证实)
• ［记］ hypo ( 在 ...下面) +thesis ( 论点) -> 非真正论点 -> 假说

Webster Collegiate

noun (plural hypotheses)

• Etymology: Greek, from hypotithenai to put under, suppose, from hypo- + tithenai to put — more at do
• Date: circa 1656
• 1.
  • a. an assumption or concession made for the sake of argument
  • b. an interpretation of a practical situation or condition taken as the ground for action
• 2. a tentative assumption made in order to draw out and test its logical or empirical consequences
• 3. the antecedent clause of a conditional statement
• Synonyms:
  • hypothesis, theory, law mean a formula derived by inference from scientific data that explains a principle operating in nature. hypothesis implies insufficient evidence to provide more than a tentative explanation <a hypothesis explaining the extinction of the dinosaurs>. theory implies a greater range of evidence and greater likelihood of truth<the theory of evolution>. law implies a statement of order and relation in nature that has been found to be invariable under the same conditions<the law of gravitation>.

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