It never seems to occur to them that their hypotheses may have been considered and rejected long since.
Lyall, Francis A DEATH IN TIME (2002)
Why was I so blind to alternative, more innocent hypotheses ?
Alex George LOVE YOU MADLY (2002)
And your mother is quite right about hypotheses and newfangled theories.
Hocke, Martin THE ANCIENT AND SOLITARY REIGN (2002)
All related terms of 'hypotheses'
hypothesis
A hypothesis is an idea which is suggested as a possible explanation for a particular situation or condition, but which has not yet been proved to be correct .
working hypotheses
a suggested explanation for a group of facts or phenomena , accepted as a basis for further verification
Gaia hypothesis
the theory , formulated by English scientist James Lovelock (born 1919), that the earth and everything on it constitutes a single self-regulating living entity
null hypothesis
the residual hypothesis if the alternative hypothesis tested against it fails to achieve a predetermined significance level
Avogadro's hypothesis
the principle that equal volumes of all gases contain the same number of molecules at the same temperature and pressure
Avogadro's law
the principle that equal volumes of all gases contain the same number of molecules at the same temperature and pressure
continuum hypothesis
the assertion that there is no set whose cardinality is greater than that of the integers and smaller than that of the reals
nebular hypothesis
the theory that the solar system evolved from the gravitational collapse of nebular matter
working hypothesis
a suggested explanation for a group of facts or phenomena, accepted as a basis for further verification
alternative hypothesis
the hypothesis that given data do not conform with a given null hypothesis: the null hypothesis is accepted only if its probability exceeds a predetermined significance level
planetesimal hypothesis
the discredited theory that the close passage of a star to the sun caused many small bodies to be drawn from the sun, eventually coalescing to form the planets
Sapir-Whorf hypothesis
the theory that human languages determine the structure of the real world as perceived by human beings, rather than vice versa, and that this structure is different and incommensurable from one language to another