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gedanken experiment

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Ge⋅dank⋅en exper⋅iment

  [guh-dahng-kuhn]
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–noun Physics.
thought experiment.
Origin:
< G, pl. of Gedanke thought

thought experiment

 
–noun
Physics. a demonstration or calculation that is based on the postulates of a theory, as relativity, and that demonstrates or clarifies the consequences of the postulates.
Also called Gedanken experiment.

Origin:
1940–45
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