Meaning of hypothesis | Babel Free

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1. A tentative conjecture explaining an observation, phenomenon or scientific problem and that can be tested by further observation, investigation, or experimentation.
2. A statement that explains a set of facts and can be tested to determine if it is false or inaccurate.
3. An assumption taken to be true for the purpose of argument or investigation.
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4. A suggested explanation for events and phenomena.
5. A belief used as the basis for action:theory.
6. an unproved theory or point of view put forward, eg for the sake of argument. hipotese إفْتِراض، فَرَضِيَّه предположение hipótese hypotéza die Hypothese hypotese υπόθεσηhipótesis hüpotees فرضيه hypoteesi hypothèseהנחה, השערה प्राक्कल्पना hipoteza feltevés, hipotézis hipotesis tilgáta ipotesi 仮説 가설 hipotezė hipotēze hipotesis hypothese, vooronderstellingantakelse, hypotesehipoteza فرضیه hipótese ipoteză гипотеза hypotéza domneva hipoteza hypotes, antagande สมมุติฐาน hipotez, varsayım 假設 гіпот...
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7. imaginary; supposed. hipoteties إفْتِراضي предполагаем hipotético hypotetický; předpokládaný hypothetisch hypotetisk υποθετικόςhipotético hüpoteetiline فرضی hypoteettinen hypothétiqueהיפותטי, תיאורטי प्राव-काल्पनिक hipotetski feltételes hipotetis reistur á tilgátu/ímyndaðri forsendu ipotetico 仮定の 가설의 hipotetinis hipotētisks merupakan andaian hypothetisch, voorondersteld tenkt, hypotetiskhipotetyczny فرضی hipotético ipotetic гипотетический hypotetický domneven hipotetički hypotetisk ซึ่งสมมุติ...
8. hipoteties بصورة إفْتِراضِيَّه предполагаемо hipoteticamente hypoteticky hypothetisch hypotetiskt υποθετικάhipotéticamente hüpoteetiliselt بطور فرضی hypoteettisesti hypothétiquement בְּאוֹפֶן תֵּיאוֹרֵטִי प्राव-काल्पनिक hipotetsko feltételezetten secara hipotetis út frá tilgátu/gefinni forsendu ipoteticamente 仮定的に 가설에 근거하여 hipotetiškai hipotētiski dengan andaian hypothetisch, voorondersteld ut fra et tenkt tilfelle, hypotetisk hipotetycznie په فرضی ډول hipoteticamente (în mod) ipotetic гипоте...
9. hipótesis, suposición asumida en el desarrollo de una teoría.
10. A tentative explanation for an observation, phenomenon, or scientific problem that can be tested by further investigation.
11. Something taken to be true for the purpose of argument or investigation; an assumption.
12. The antecedent of a conditional statement.

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“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 the logic behind it. The hypothesis is built on the factual observation that fewer females than males act antisocially.”

“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 necessarily even an "educated" guess). ... [But t]he word "hypothesis" should be used, in science, exclusively for a reasoned, sensible, knowledge-informed explanation for why some phenomenon exists or occurs. An hypothesis can be as yet untested; can have already been tested; may have been falsified; may have not yet been falsified, although tested; or may have been tested in a myriad of ways countless times without being falsified; and it may come to be universally accepted by the scientific community. An understanding of the word "hypothesis," as used in science, requires a grasp of the principles underlying Occam's Razor and Karl Popper's thought in regard to "falsifiability"—including the notion that any respectable scientific hypothesis must, in principle, be "capable of" being proven wrong (if it should, in fact, just happen to be wrong), but none can ever be proved to be true. One aspect of a proper understanding of the word "hypothesis," as used in science, is that only a vanishingly small percentage of hypotheses could ever potentially become a theory.”

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