English-Thai Dictionary

hypothesis

N ข้อสันนิษฐาน  สมมุติฐาน  kor-san-ni-tan

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

HYPOTHESIS

n.[L. from Gr. a supposition; to suppose. ] 1. A supposition; a proposition or principle which is supposed or taken for granted, in order to draw a conclusion or inference for proof of the point in question; something not proved, but assumed for the purpose of argument.
2. A system or theory imagined or assumed to account for what is not understood.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

HYPOTHESIS

Hy *poth "e *sis, n.; pl. Hypotheses. Etym: [NL. , fr. Gr. Hypo-, Thesis. ]

 

1. A supposition; a proposition or principle which is supposed or taken for granted, in order to draw a conclusion or inference for proof of the point in question; something not proved, but assumed for the purpose of argument, or to account for a fact or an occurrence; as, the hypothesis that head winds detain an overdue steamer. An hypothesis being a mere supposition, there are no other limits to hypotheses than those of the human imagination. J. S. Mill.

 

2. (Natural Science )

 

Defn: A tentative theory or supposition provisionally adopted to explain certain facts, and to guide in the investigation of others; hence, frequently called a working hypothesis.

 

Syn. -- Supposition; assumption. See Theory. Nebular hypothesis. See under Nebular.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

hypothesis

hy poth e sis |hīˈpäTHəsis haɪˈpɑθəsəs | ▶noun ( pl. hypotheses |-ˌsēz | ) a supposition or proposed explanation made on the basis of limited evidence as a starting point for further investigation: professional astronomers attacked him for popularizing an unconfirmed hypothesis. • Philosophy a proposition made as a basis for reasoning, without any assumption of its truth. ORIGIN late 16th cent.: via late Latin from Greek hupothesis ‘foundation, ’ from hupo ‘under ’ + thesis ‘placing. ’

 

hypothesis testing

hy poth e sis test ing ▶noun Statistics the theory, methods, and practice of testing a hypothesis by comparing it with the null hypothesis. The null hypothesis is only rejected if its probability falls below a predetermined significance level, in which case the hypothesis being tested is said to have that level of significance.

 

Oxford Dictionary

hypothesis

hypothesis |hʌɪˈpɒθɪsɪs | ▶noun ( pl. hypotheses |-siːz | ) a supposition or proposed explanation made on the basis of limited evidence as a starting point for further investigation: his ‘steady state ’ hypothesis of the origin of the universe. • Philosophy a proposition made as a basis for reasoning, without any assumption of its truth. DERIVATIVES hypothesist |-sɪst |noun ORIGIN late 16th cent.: via late Latin from Greek hupothesis ‘foundation ’, from hupo ‘under ’ + thesis ‘placing ’.

 

hypothesis testing

hy poth e sis test ing ▶noun Statistics the theory, methods, and practice of testing a hypothesis by comparing it with the null hypothesis. The null hypothesis is only rejected if its probability falls below a predetermined significance level, in which case the hypothesis being tested is said to have that level of significance.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

hypothesis

hypothesis noun his 'steady state' hypothesis of the origin of the universe: theory, theorem, thesis, conjecture, supposition, postulation, postulate, proposition, premise, assumption; notion, concept, idea, possibility.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

hypothesis

hypothesis noun his ‘steady state ’ hypothesis of the origin of the universe: theory, theorem, thesis, conjecture, supposition, speculation, postulation, postulate, proposition, premise, surmise, assumption, presumption, presupposition; notion, concept, idea, contention, opinion, view, belief.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

hypothesis

hy poth e sis /haɪpɔ́θəsɪs /名詞 複 -ses /-siːz /1 C ｟かたく ｠ «…についての /…という » 仮説 «about , for /that 節 » (→theory )▸ test a hypothesis 仮説を検証する ▸ a working hypothesis 作業仮説 〘実験 研究の基礎的手引きとして採用する仮説 〙2 C (議論の )前提 .3 U 憶測 , 推定 (guess ).