gedankenexperiment

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. thought experiment

Word forms

gedankenexperiment gedankenexperiments gedanken experiment

Etymology

From German Gedankenexperiment (“thought experiment”), from Gedanke (“thought”) + Experiment (“experiment”).

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