HYPOTHETICO-DEDUCTIVE


Meaning of HYPOTHETICO-DEDUCTIVE in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˌhī-pə-ˈthe-ti-ˌkō-di-ˈdək-tiv ]

adjective

Date: 1912

: relating to, being, or making use of the method of proposing hypotheses and testing their acceptability or falsity by determining whether their logical consequences are consistent with observed data

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.