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hypothesis an unproved theory; a conjecture hypothesis [hī′päth·ə·səs] (science and technology) A proposition which is assumed to be true in proving another proposition. A proposition which is thought to be true because its consequences are found to be true. (statistics) A statement which specifies a population or distribution, and whose truth can be tested by sample evidence. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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One single hypothesis of the observers of Long's Peak could ever be realized, that which foresaw the case of the travelers (if still alive) uniting their efforts with the lunar attraction to attain the surface of the disc. But if such an hypothesis be indeed exceptionable, there were still additional considerations which, though not so strictly according with the wildness of his ruling passion, yet were by no means incapable of swaying him. You say they are marks of finger-nails, and you set up the hypothesis that she destroyed her child. |
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