hypotheeses
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- واژهنامه · Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary hy·poth·e·sis n. Pronunciation: hī- ' pä-thə-səs Function: noun Inflected Form:   plural -e·ses \- ˌ sēz\ 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>.]]> hypothesis (as used in expressions) n. nebular hypothesis null hypothesis planetesimal hypothesis Whorfian hypothesis ]]>