Gedankenexperiment

German

Etymology

From Gedanke + Experiment. Coined by Danish physicist Hans Christian Ørsted circa 1812.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡəˈdaŋkŋ̍ˌɛksˈpeːʁiːmɛnt/
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Noun

Gedankenexperiment n (strong, genitive Gedankenexperimentes or Gedankenexperiments, plural Gedankenexperimente)

  1. (physics, epistemology) gedankenexperiment, a thought experiment

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