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- German · calque ofGedankenexperiment
- English todaythought experiment
A calque of German Gedankenexperiment.
Words from the same roots
GermanGedankenexperiment all →
gedankenexperiment
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
thought experiment
Today it means: An attempt to solve a problem using the power of human imagination. Full definition →
German Gedankenexperiment