English-Thai Dictionary

thesis

N ข้อ วินิจฉัย  ข้อ สมมุติ  ข้อสรุป  contention proposal kor-wi-ni-chai

 

thesis

N วิทยานิพนธ์  dissertation research wid-ta-ya-ni-pon

 

thesis

N หัวข้อ ของ บทความ  hua-kor-kong-bod-kwam

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

THESIS

n.[L. thesis; Gr. a position, to set. ] 1. A position or proposition which a person advances and offers to maintain, or which is actually maintained by argument; a theme; a subject.
2. In logic, every proposition may be divided into thesis and hypothesis. Thesis contains the thing affirmed or denied, and hypothesis the conditions of the affirmation or negation.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

THESIS

The "sis, n.; pl. Theses. Etym: [L., fr. Gr. Do, and cf. Anathema, Apothecary, Epithet, Hypothesis, Parenthesis, Theme, Tick a cover. ]

 

1. A position or proposition which a person advances and offers to maintain, or which is actually maintained by argument.

 

2. Hence, an essay or dissertation written upon specific or definite theme; especially, an essay presented by a candidate for a diploma or degree. I told them of the grave, becoming, and sublime deportment they should assume upon this mystical occasion, and read them two homilies and a thesis of my own composing, to prepare them. Goldsmith.

 

3. (Logic )

 

Defn: An affirmation, or distinction from a supposition or hypothesis.

 

4. (Mus. )

 

Defn: The accented part of the measure, expressed by the downward beat; -- the opposite of arsis.

 

5. (Pros.) (a ) The depression of the voice in pronouncing the syllables of a word. (b ) The part of the foot upon which such a depression falls.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

thesis

the sis |ˈTHēsis ˈθisɪs | ▶noun ( pl. theses |-sēz | ) 1 a statement or theory that is put forward as a premise to be maintained or proved: his central thesis is that psychological life is not part of the material world. • (in Hegelian philosophy ) a proposition forming the first stage in the process of dialectical reasoning. Compare with antithesis, synthesis. 2 a long essay or dissertation involving personal research, written by a candidate for a college degree: a doctoral thesis. 3 |ˈθiːsɪs |Prosody an unstressed syllable or part of a metrical foot in Greek or Latin verse. Often contrasted with arsis. ORIGIN late Middle English ( sense 3 ): via late Latin from Greek, literally ‘placing, a proposition, ’ from the root of tithenai ‘to place. ’

 

Oxford Dictionary

thesis

thesis |ˈθiːsɪs | ▶noun ( pl. theses |-siːz | ) 1 a statement or theory that is put forward as a premise to be maintained or proved: his central thesis is that psychological life is not part of the material world. • (in Hegelian philosophy ) a proposition forming the first stage in the process of dialectical reasoning. Compare with antithesis, synthesis. 2 a long essay or dissertation involving personal research, written by a candidate for a university degree: a doctoral thesis. 3 |ˈθiːsɪs, ˈθɛsɪs |Prosody an unstressed syllable or part of a metrical foot in Greek or Latin verse. Often contrasted with arsis. ORIGIN late Middle English (in sense 3 ): via late Latin from Greek, literally ‘placing, a proposition ’, from the root of tithenai ‘to place ’.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

thesis

thesis noun 1 the central thesis of his lecture: theory, contention, argument, line of argument, proposal, proposition, idea, claim, premise, assumption, hypothesis, postulation, supposition. 2 a doctoral thesis: dissertation, essay, paper, treatise, disquisition, composition, monograph, study.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

thesis

thesis noun 1 the central thesis of his lecture: theory, contention, argument, line of argument, proposal, proposition, premise, assumption, presumption, hypothesis, postulation, surmise, supposition; belief, idea, notion, opinion, view; theme, subject, topic, text, matter; theorem. 2 a doctoral thesis: dissertation, essay, paper, treatise, disquisition, composition, monograph, study, piece of writing; N. Amer. theme.

 

Duden Dictionary

Thesis

The sis Substantiv, feminin , die |Th e sis auch ˈtɛzɪs |die Thesis; Genitiv: der Thesis, Thesen griechisch-lateinisch 1 a betonter Taktteil im altgriechischen Versfuß; Gegensatz Arsis 1a b abwärtsgeführter Schlag beim musikalischen Taktieren; Gegensatz Arsis 1b 2 unbetonter Taktteil in der neueren Metrik; Gegensatz Arsis 2

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

thesis

the sis /θíːsɪs /〖語源は 「置くこと 」〗名詞 複 -ses /-sìːz /C 1 (学位 )論文 ; 博士 [修士 ]論文 ▸ write a doctoral [master's ] thesis on Marx マルクスに関する博士 [修士 ]論文を書く 2 ｟かたく ｠〖しばしば one's ～〗論題 ; 主題 ; 主張 ▸ the author's thesis in this essay このエッセイにおける著者の主張 3 〘論 〙命題, テーゼ ;〘 哲 〙 (ヘーゲル哲学で )命題, 正 .4 〘詩 〙弱音部 [節 ].5 〘楽 〙強拍 .