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From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Dictionary 英漢字典

 hypothetic
 (a.)假設的;假定的

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Hy·po·thet·ic Hy·po·thet·ic·al a.  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.   --Sir W. Hamilton.
 Hypothetical baptism Ch. of Eng., baptism administered to persons in respect to whom it is doubtful whether they have or have not been baptized before.
 -- Hy*po*thet*ic*al*ly, adv.
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From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 hypothetic
      adj : based on hypothesis; "a hypothetical situation"; "the site
            of a hypothetical colony" [syn: hypothetical]