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hy·poth·e·sis
\hīˈpäthəsə̇s\ noun
(plural hypothe·ses \-əˌsēz\)
Etymology: Latin, from Greek, from hypotithenai to suppose, propose, put under, from hypo- + tithenai to place, put — more at do
1. : a proposition tentatively assumed in order to draw out its logical or empirical consequences and so test its accord with facts that are known or may be determined
< it appears, then, to be a condition of the most genuinely scientific hypothesis that it be … of such a nature as to be either proved or disproved by comparison with observed facts — J.S.Mill >
< most of the great unifying conceptions of modern science are working hypotheses — Bernard Bosanquet >
2.
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
3. : the antecedent clause in a conditional statement
4. : a hypothetical relation : the conditioning of one thing by another |