thought experiment

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EnglishEdit

EtymologyEdit

A calque of German Gedankenexperiment.

NounEdit

thought experiment (plural thought experiments)

1. (physics, philosophy) An attempt to solve a problem using the power of human imagination.

TranslationsEdit

attempt to solve a problem using human imagination

• Czech: myšlenkový experiment m
• Danish: tankeeksperiment n
• Finnish: ajatuskoe
• German: Gedankenexperiment (de) n

• Italian: esperimento mentale m
• Japanese: 思考実験 (しこうじっけん, shikō jikken)
• Romanian: experiment mintal n, experiment de gândire n, experiment intelectic n
• Spanish: experimento mental m, experimento pensado