Found 2 items, similar to hypothetical.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: hypothetical
hypothetical
adj : based on hypothesis;
“a hypothetical situation”;
“the site
of a hypothetical colony” [syn:
hypothetic]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Hypothetical
Hypothetic
\Hy`po*thet"ic\, Hypothetical
\Hy`po*thet"ic*al\, a.
[L. hypotheticus, Gr. ?: cf. F. hypoth['e]tique.]
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.
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Causes hypothetical at least, if not real, for the
various phenomena of the existence of which our
experience informs us. --Sir W.
Hamilton.
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Hypothetical baptism (Ch. of Eng.), baptism administered to
persons in respect to whom it is doubtful whether they
have or have not been baptized before. --Hook. --
Hy`po*thet"ic*al*ly, adv. --South.
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