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gedanken experiment
ge·dank·en ex·per·i·ment [ gə dngkən ik spèrrəmənt ] (plural ge·dank·en ex·per·i·ments)


noun 
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thought experiment: a test of a hypothesis that can be performed only in the mind
[Mid-20th century. < German]
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