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gedankenexperiment
\\gəˈdäŋkən+ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷\
noun
Etymology:
German
,
from
gedanke
thought +
experiment
:
an experiment carried out by proposing a hypothesis in thought only
Useful english dictionary
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