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gedanken experiment

gedanken experiment is the alternative form of gedankenexperiment.

Meaning of gedankenexperiment

Noun

gedankenexperiment (plural gedankenexperiments)

  1. thought experiment
    • So here's a gedankenexperiment for ya: what if the DC and Marvel put all their funnybooks on the Web two months after they were shipped to the stores?2005 January 6, Cory Doctorow, BoingBoing, retrieved 04 Feb 2012

Forms of gedanken experiment

pluralgedanken experiments

Questions about gedanken experiment

What is gedanken experiment the alternative form of?
Gedanken experiment is the alternative form of gedankenexperiment.

Words near gedanken experiment in the dictionary

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