Etymology

gedankenexperiment

Today it means: thought experiment Full definition →

German Gedankenexperiment
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  1. German · borrowed fromGedankenexperiment“thought experiment”
  2. English todaygedankenexperiment

From German Gedankenexperiment (“thought experiment”), from Gedanke (“thought”) + Experiment (“experiment”).

Words from the same roots

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thought experiment

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