English-Italian translations for hypothesis

• ipotesi
  Il Consiglio è disposto a lavorare su un' ipotesi di questo tipo? Is the Council willing to work on a hypothesis of this nature?
  Ovviamente, avevamo bisogno di un'ipotesi di lavoro per le adesioni. Naturally, we now needed a working hypothesis for the accessions.
  Una prima ipotesi è che la temperatura del pianeta continui ad aumentare. One hypothesis is that the global temperature will continue to rise.

Definition of hypothesis

• Used loosely, a tentative conjecture explaining an observation, phenomenon or scientific problem that can be tested by further observation, investigation and/or experimentation. As a scientific term of art, see the attached quotation. Compare to theory, and quotation given there
• An assumption taken to be true for the purpose of argument or investigation

Related words

• hypothesise
• gateway drug hypothesis
• null hypothesis
• alternative hypothesis
• just-world hypothesis
• efficient-market hypothesis
• cost of reproduction hypothesis
• Riemann hypothesis
• continuum hypothesis