All 10 Uses
hypothesis
in
Journey to the Center of the Earth
(Edited)
- The Professor's imagination took fire at this hypothesis.
Chpt 3hypothesis = a seemingly reasonable, but unproven, idea or explanation
- As my uncle was now taking his stand upon hypotheses, of course, there was nothing to be said.
Chpt 6hypotheses = ideas or explanations that are seemingly reasonable, but unproven
- We were long engaged in discussing, amongst other problems, the hypothesis of the liquid structure of the terrestrial nucleus.
Chpt 6hypothesis = a seemingly reasonable, but unproven, idea or explanation
- "Upon my word, this is a very clever hypothesis," I exclaimed, in spite rather of myself.
Chpt 6
- "You see, Axel," he added, "the condition of the terrestrial nucleus has given rise to various hypotheses among geologists; there is no proof at all for this internal heat; my opinion is that there is no such thing, it cannot be; besides we shall see for ourselves, and, like Arne Saknussemm, we shall know exactly what to hold as truth concerning this grand question."
Chpt 6hypotheses = ideas or explanations that are seemingly reasonable, but unproven
- I was all adrift amongst a thousand contradictory hypotheses, but I could not lay hold of one.
Chpt 7 *
- So, at last, when I could hold out no longer, I resolved to lay the case before my uncle, as prudently and as cautiously as possible, just under the form of an almost impossible hypothesis.
Chpt 14hypothesis = a seemingly reasonable, but unproven, idea or explanation
- This hypothesis led me to examine with more attention the appearance of the surface, and I soon arrived at a conclusion as to the nature of the forces which presided at its birth.
Chpt 15
- Let us therefore assume this last hypothesis as the most suitable to our situation, and calculate.
Chpt 18
- "Confusion to all your figures, and all your hypotheses besides," shouted my uncle in a sudden rage.
Chpt 25hypotheses = ideas or explanations that are seemingly reasonable, but unproven
Definitions:
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(1)
(hypothesis as in: a study to test her hypothesis) a seemingly reasonable, but unproven idea or explanation based upon known factsIn casual conversation, theory is a synonym for hypothesis, but a scientist would say that a hypothesis needs to pass rigorous tests before it could be accepted as a theory.
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(2)
(hypothesis as in: assume as a working hypothesis) something that may or may not be true, but is temporarily treated as true to advance a discussion or to further investigationThis sense of hypothesis is typically seen in the form, hypothetical, or hypothetically.
- (3) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)