Thought experiment

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    An attempt to solve a problem using the power of human imagination.

Synonyms

All synonyms
academic exercisecondillachypothetical modelhypothetical scenarioimaginary planimagined experiment

Etymology

A calque of German Gedankenexperiment.

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