transcription, транскрипция: [ hī-ˈpä-thə-səs ]
noun
( plural hy·poth·e·ses -ˌsēz)
Etymology: Greek, from hypotithenai to put under, suppose, from hypo- + tithenai to put — more at do
Date: circa 1656
1.
a. : an assumption or concession made for the sake of argument
b. : an interpretation of a practical situation or condition taken as the ground for action
2. : a tentative assumption made in order to draw out and test its logical or empirical consequences
3. : the antecedent clause of a conditional statement
Synonyms:
hypothesis , theory , law mean a formula derived by inference from scientific data that explains a principle operating in nature. hypothesis implies insufficient evidence to provide more than a tentative explanation
a hypothesis explaining the extinction of the dinosaurs
theory implies a greater range of evidence and greater likelihood of truth
the theory of evolution
law implies a statement of order and relation in nature that has been found to be invariable under the same conditions
the law of gravitation