In such cases, scientists often make an ansatz, an educated guess if you like, and then proceed to compute the consequences of the guess.
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Ansatz
//ˈænsæts//
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Hungarian
1 entries- ansatz noun (a provisional mathematical assumption used to describe a certain phenomenon)
Portuguese
2 entries- Ansatz noun (a provisional mathematical assumption used to describe a certain phenomenon)
- ansatz noun (a provisional mathematical assumption used to describe a certain phenomenon)
Swedish
1 entries- ansats noun (a provisional mathematical assumption used to describe a certain phenomenon)
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