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hypothetical
English
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ?????????? (hupothetikós)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?ha?p????t?kl/
Adjective
hypothetical (comparative more hypothetical, superlative most hypothetical)
- Based upon a hypothesis; conjectural
- (philosophy) conditional; contingent upon some hypothesis/antecedent
Synonyms
- conjectural
- (contingent upon some hypothesis): conditional
Antonyms
- (actual): actual
- (in philosophy): categorical
Translations
Noun
hypothetical (plural hypotheticals)
- A hypothetical situation or proposition
- These hypotheticals serve no purpose until we have more information.
Related terms
- hypothesis
- hypothesize
hypothetical From the web:
- what hypothetical means
- what hypothetically speaking mean
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ansible
English
Etymology
Coined by American writer Ursula K. Le Guin in 1966 in her novella Rocannon's World; Le Guin states that she derived it from answerable. The word was further spread by its adoption into other science fiction worlds, including by Orson Scott Card in Ender's Game (1986) and Dan Simmons in Hyperion (1989).
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /?æn.s?.b?l/, /???n.s?.b?l/
Noun
ansible (plural ansibles)
- (science fiction) A hypothetical device that enables users to communicate instantaneously across great distances; that is, a faster-than-light communication device.
- 1966, Ursula K. Le Guin, Rocannon's World, reprinted in Worlds of Exile and Illusion, Macmillan (1996), ?ISBN, page 25:
- “You remember the ansible, the machine I showed you in the ship, which can speak instantly to other worlds, with no loss of years– […] ”
- “An ansible would theoretically be powered by subatomic particles that have undergone quantum entanglement, which utilizes Einstein's 'spooky action at a distance', allowing the alteration of one particle to instantaneously alter the state of its paired particle. […] ”
- 1985, Orson Scott Card, Ender's Game, reprinted by Macmillan (2002), ?ISBN, page 251:
- “ […] The master ansible is there, in contact with all our invasion fleet; the ships are all working, ready to fight. […] ”
- 2008, Elizabeth Moon, Victory Conditions, reprint by Random House (2009), ?ISBN, page 39,
- Ky had allotted two hours here, time to strip the news from the ansible, share it, even discuss it, but she didn’t plan to have everyone clustered and vulnerable.
- 1966, Ursula K. Le Guin, Rocannon's World, reprinted in Worlds of Exile and Illusion, Macmillan (1996), ?ISBN, page 25:
Translations
Further reading
- ansible on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Anagrams
- Lesbian, Nieblas, balines, bilanes, lesbian
Spanish
Etymology
From English ansible.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /an?sible/, [ãn?si.??le]
Noun
ansible m (plural ansibles)
- (science fiction) ansible
ansible From the web:
- what ansible is used for
- what ansible version am i running
- what ansible modules are installed
- what ansible does
- what ansible playbook
- what ansible tower
- what ansible cannot do
- what ansible do
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