仮か説せつ

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Meanings

noun

hypothesis; assumption; tentative theory

Used in academic, scientific, and everyday contexts for a provisional idea or explanation that is yet to be proven.

その仮か説せつはまだ証しょう明めいされていない。
That hypothesis has not been proven yet.
彼かれは新あたらしい仮か説せつを立たてて実じっ験けんを行おこなった。
He formulated a new hypothesis and conducted an experiment.

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Usage patterns

〈事こと〉という仮か説せつthe hypothesis that ~
地ち球きゅうが温おん暖だん化かしているという仮か説せつが広ひろく議ぎ論ろんされている。
The hypothesis that the Earth is warming is widely discussed.
仮か説せつを検けん証しょうするto test/verify a hypothesis
実じっ験けんを行おこなって仮か説せつを検けん証しょうした。
We ran an experiment to test the hypothesis.
仮か説せつを証しょう明めいするto prove a hypothesis
新あたらしいデータがその仮か説せつを証しょう明めいした。
The new data proved the hypothesis.
仮か説せつを否ひ定ていするto reject/refute a hypothesis
結けっ果かはその仮か説せつを否ひ定ていするものだった。
The results ended up refuting the hypothesis.
仮か説せつに基もとづくbased on a hypothesis
この理り論ろんはある仮か説せつに基もとづいている。
This theory is based on a certain hypothesis.

Expressions

仮か説せつを立たてるform a hypothesis; build a hypothesis
我われは仮か説せつを作つくらずI feign no hypotheses; hypotheses non fingo
プランクの量りょう子し仮か説せつPlanck's quantum hypothesis

Kanji

仮sham, temporary, interim
説opinion, theory, explanation

Related words

推すい測そくN1
推測 is an informal guess based on partial information, while 仮説 is a more structured, testable theory often used in scientific contexts.
仮か定ていN2
仮定 is a premise assumed for the sake of argument, whereas 仮説 is a provisional explanation intended to be tested and possibly confirmed.
理り論ろんN1
仮説 is a tentative hypothesis proposed for testing, whereas 理論 denotes a more established, tested body of principles.

Opposites

定てい説せつ
定説 is an established, widely accepted theory, in contrast to 仮説, which is an unproven, tentative idea awaiting verification.

Don't confuse with

仮か設せつ
仮設 (same pronunciation) means a temporary structure or setup, while 仮説 refers to a scientific hypothesis; the kanji and meaning differ completely.
学がく説せつN1
仮説 is a tentative hypothesis awaiting testing, while 学説 is an established academic theory, so the two differ in how certain or proven the idea is.
定てい説せつ
仮説 is an unproven hypothesis awaiting testing, while 定説 is a theory already accepted as established, so learners should not mix up the two stages.
架か設せつ
仮説 (same reading かせつ) means a hypothesis in argument or science, completely unrelated to 架設, which means physically erecting a structure.

Word family· 14

仮か説せつ検けん定てい
hypothesis testing; hypothesis test
作さ業ぎょう仮か説せつ
working hypothesis
対たい立りつ仮か説せつ
alternative hypothesis
帰き無む仮か説せつ
null hypothesis
量りょう子し仮か説せつ
quantum hypothesis

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ガイア仮か説せつ
Gaia hypothesis; Gaia theory
動どう物ぶつ園えん仮か説せつ
zoo hypothesis
統とう計けい的てき仮か説せつ
statistical hypothesis
宇う宙ちゅう検けん閲えつ仮か説せつ
cosmic censorship hypothesis; cosmic censorship conjecture
恒こう常じょう所しょ得とく仮か説せつ
permanent income hypothesis

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Etymology

From 仮 (temporary, provisional) and 説 (theory, explanation). The compound is a Meiji-era coinage used to translate Western scientific concepts such as 'hypothesis'.