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noun(hy-poth-e-sis)an assumption or concession made for the sake of argument
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noun(hy-poth-e-sis)an interpretation of a practical situation or condition taken as the ground for action
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noun(hy-poth-e-sis)a tentative assumption made in order to draw out and test its logical or empirical consequences
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noun(hy-poth-e-sis)a hypothesis that contradicts another hypothesis
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noun(hy-poth-e-sis)a hypothesis in astronomy: the solar system has evolved from a hot gaseous nebula
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noun(hy-poth-e-sis)a statistical hypothesis to be tested and accepted or rejected in favor of an alternative; specifically : the hypothesis that an observed difference (as between the means of two samples) is due to chance alone and not due to a systematic cause
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noun(hy-poth-e-sis)a hypothesis in astronomy: the planets have evolved by aggregation from planetesimals
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noun(hy-poth-e-sis)a theory in linguistics: one's language determines one's conception of the world