hypothetic
HYPOTHETIC
IPOTETICO
hypothetic
hypothetic
\hy`po*thet"ic\ (?), hypothetical \hy`po*thet"ic*al\ (?), ] a. [l. hypotheticus, gr. &?;: cf. f. hypothétique.] characterized by, or of the nature of, an hypothesis; conditional; assumed without proof, for the purpose of reasoning and deducing proof, or of accounting for some fact or phenomenon. causes hypothetical at least, if not real, for the various phenomena of the existence of which our experience informs us. w. hamilton.
Hypothetic
(a.)
Alt. of Hypothetical
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
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hypothetic
adj.
founded on hypothesis; of or pertaining to a hypothesis, theoretical