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单词 hypothesis
释义 hypothesis
 —hypothesist,  n.  
 /huy poth"euh sis, hi-/,  n.  ,  pl.   hypotheses /-seez'/.
  1. a proposition, or set of propositions, set forth as an explanation for the occurrence of some specified group of phenomena, either asserted merely as a provisional conjecture to guide investigation (working hypothesis) or accepted as highly probable in the light of established facts.
  2. a proposition assumed as a premise in an argument.
  3. the antecedent of a conditional proposition.
  4. a mere assumption or guess.
 [1590-1600; < Gk hypóthesis basis, supposition. See HYPO-, THESIS]
 Syn. 1. See theory.
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