| a. | 1. | Characterized by, or of the nature of, an hypothesis; conditional; assumed without proof, for the purpose of reasoning and deducing proof, or of accounting for some fact or phenomenon. Causes hypothetical at least, if not real, for the various phenomena of the existence of which our experience informs us.
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| Adj. | 1. | hypothetic - based on hypothesis; "a hypothetical situation"; "the site of a hypothetical colony" Synonyms: hypothetical |
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