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  • 1Hypothetical Form —    See Baptism, Conditional …

    American Church Dictionary and Cyclopedia

  • 2Hypothetical types of biochemistry — are forms of biochemistry speculated to be scientifically viable but not proven to exist at this time. While the kinds of living beings we know on earth commonly use carbon for basic structural and metabolic functions, water as a solvent and DNA… …

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  • 3hypothetical question — see question 1 Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996. hypothetical question …

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  • 4hypothetical — /haɪpəˈθɛtɪkəl / (say huypuh thetikuhl) adjective Also, hypothetic. 1. assumed by hypothesis; supposed: a hypothetical case. 2. relating to, involving, or of the nature of hypothesis: hypothetical reasoning. 3. given to making hypotheses: a… …

  • 5Hypothetical syllogism — Rules of inference Propositional calculus Modus ponens (A→B, A ⊢ B) Modus tollens (A→B, ¬B ⊢ ¬A) …

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  • 6hypothetical question — A hypothetical question is a form of question framed in such a manner as to call for an opinion from an expert based on a series of assumptions claimed to have been established as fact by the evidence in a case. It is a device which is used at… …

    Black's law dictionary

  • 7hypothetical question — A hypothetical question is a form of question framed in such a manner as to call for an opinion from an expert based on a series of assumptions claimed to have been established as fact by the evidence in a case. It is a device which is used at… …

    Black's law dictionary

  • 8hypothetical — [ˌhʌɪpə θɛtɪk(ə)l] adjective 1》 based on or serving as a hypothesis.     ↘supposed but not necessarily real or true. 2》 Logic denoting or containing a proposition of the logical form if p then q. noun a hypothetical proposition or statement.… …

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  • 9categorical/hypothetical imperative — A pair contrasted in Kantian ethics. A hypothetical imperative embeds a command which is in place only given some antecedent desire or project: ‘If you want to look wise, stay quiet.’ The injunction to stay quiet only applies to those with the… …

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  • 10hypothecate, hypothetical — These words look as though they are related, but they have different origins and different meanings. Hypothecate means to mortgage, to pledge to a creditor as security : To complete this transaction you will have to hypothecate your stocks and… …

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