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suppositional
Resting on supposition; hypothetical; conjectural.
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  1. Resting on supposition; hypothetical; conjectural.
  2. Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster's Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
conditional
Containing, implying, or dependent on a condition or conditions; qualified; not absolute
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  1. Containing, implying, or dependent on a condition or conditions; qualified; not absolute
  2. (Logic) Stating that one sentence is true if another is.
  3. Limited by a condition.
conjectural
Inclined to make conjectures
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  1. Inclined to make conjectures
  2. In the nature of a conjecture, or based on a conjecture.
indeterminate
(Mathematics) Having more than one variable and an infinite number of solutions, such as the equation 5 x2 + 3 y = 10.
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  1. (Mathematics) Having more than one variable and an infinite number of solutions, such as the equation 5 x2 + 3 y = 10.
  2. Lacking clarity or precision, as in meaning; vague:
  3. Not yet settled, concluded, or known; doubtful or inconclusive
speculative
Uncertain; risky
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  1. Uncertain; risky
  2. Given to, characterized by, or based upon speculation or conjecture:
  3. Engaging in, given to, or involving financial speculation:
indefinite
Not precise or clear in meaning; vague
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  1. Not precise or clear in meaning; vague
  2. Not sharp or clear in outline; blurred; indistinct
  3. Without limit; forever, or until further notice; not definite.
questionable
Suspected with good reason of being immoral, dishonest, unsound, etc.
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  1. Suspected with good reason of being immoral, dishonest, unsound, etc.
  2. Not yet determined or specified.
  3. Open to doubt or challenge; problematic.
equivocal
That can have more than one interpretation; having two or more meanings; purposely vague, misleading, or ambiguous
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  1. That can have more than one interpretation; having two or more meanings; purposely vague, misleading, or ambiguous
  2. Characterized by a mixture of opposing elements and therefore questionable or uncertain:
  3. Uncertain, as an indication or sign; doubtful, incongruous.
doubtful
Subject to, or causing doubt
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  1. Subject to, or causing doubt
  2. In doubt; not clear or definite; ambiguous
  3. Subject to or causing doubt:
suspect
Viewed with suspicion; suspected
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  1. Viewed with suspicion; suspected
  2. Open to or viewed with suspicion:
stochastic
Of, pertaining to, or arising from chance; involving probability; random
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  1. Of, pertaining to, or arising from chance; involving probability; random
  2. Random, randomly determined, relating to stochastics.
  3. (Statistics) Involving or containing a random variable or process:
stochastical
Alternative form of stochastic.
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  1. Alternative form of stochastic.
possible
That can be done, known, acquired, selected, used, etc., depending on circumstances
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  1. That can be done, known, acquired, selected, used, etc., depending on circumstances
  2. Capable of happening but of uncertain likelihood:
  3. Capable of happening, existing, or being true without contradicting proven facts, laws, or circumstances:
debatable
Open to dispute; questionable.
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  1. Open to dispute; questionable.
  2. Controversial. Not fully proved, open to debate, sometimes used humorously.
  3. Being such that formal argument or discussion is possible.
imaginary
Having existence only in the imagination; unreal.
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  1. Having existence only in the imagination; unreal.
  2. (Math.) Designating or of the square root of a negative quantity, or of a complex number that is not real
  3. Existing only in the imagination; fanciful; unreal
vague
Not clearly, precisely, or definitely expressed or stated
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  1. Not clearly, precisely, or definitely expressed or stated
  2. Indefinite in shape, form, or character; hazily or indistinctly seen or sensed
  3. Not sharp, certain, or precise in thought, feeling, or expression
theoretical
Tending to theorize; speculative
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  1. Tending to theorize; speculative
  2. Limited to or based on theory; not practical or applied; hypothetical
  3. Studying or working to develop theory.
open
Being in operation; live:
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  1. Being in operation; live:
  2. Not yet decided; subject to further thought:
  3. Produced by an unstopped string or hole or without the use of slides, valves, or keys:
provisory
Provisional
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  1. Provisional
  2. Depending on a proviso; conditional.
  3. Containing a proviso; conditional
casual
Employed on an irregular basis:
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  1. Employed on an irregular basis:
  2. Being or occurring between sexual partners who are not in an established relationship:
  3. Suited for everyday wear or informal use:
disputable
That can be disputed; debatable
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  1. That can be disputed; debatable
  2. Of opinions, propositions or questions, subject to dispute; not settled.
contestable
That which can be contested.
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  1. That which can be contested.
presumptive
Giving reasonable ground for belief
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  1. Giving reasonable ground for belief
  2. Based on presumption, probability, conjecture, hypothesis or belief
  3. Making presumptions; behaving as one who presumes, who assumes that which they perhaps shouldn't.
assumptive
Characterized by assumption.
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  1. Characterized by assumption.
  2. Taken for granted; assumed.
  3. Held as true or valid without evidence.
contingent
Happening by or subject to chance or accident; unpredictable:
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  1. Happening by or subject to chance or accident; unpredictable:
  2. Dependent upon a future event or circumstance that is not certain to happen. See also vested.
  3. Possible, but not certain to happen.
academic
Of or relating to institutionalized education and scholarship, especially at a college or university.
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  1. Of or relating to institutionalized education and scholarship, especially at a college or university.
  2. Having to do with general or liberal rather than technical or vocational education
  3. Of or relating to studies that rely on reading and involve abstract thought rather than being primarily practical or technical.
philosophical
Of, relating to, or based on a system of philosophy.
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  1. Of, relating to, or based on a system of philosophy.
  2. Of or according to philosophy or philosophers
  3. Devoted to or learned in philosophy
abstract
Thought of apart from any particular instances or material objects; not concrete
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  1. Thought of apart from any particular instances or material objects; not concrete
  2. Considered apart from concrete existence:
  3. Having an intellectual and affective artistic content that depends solely on intrinsic form rather than on narrative content or pictorial representation:
ideal
Thought of as perfect or as a perfect model; exactly as one would wish; of a perfect kind
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  1. Thought of as perfect or as a perfect model; exactly as one would wish; of a perfect kind
  2. Conforming to a standard of perfection or excellence; perfect or highly satisfactory:
  3. Lacking practicality or the possibility of realization:
theoretical
Tending to theorize; speculative
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  1. Tending to theorize; speculative
  2. Studying or working to develop theory.
  3. Restricted to theory; not practical or applied:
transcendent
(Theol.) Existing apart from the material universe
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  1. (Theol.) Existing apart from the material universe
  2. Being above and independent of the material universe. Used of the Deity.
  3. In Kant's theory of knowledge, being beyond the limits of experience and hence unknowable.
transcendental
Of, pertaining to, or being a function, as a logarithm, trigonometric function, exponential, etc., that is not expressible algebraically in terms of the variables and constants
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  1. Of, pertaining to, or being a function, as a logarithm, trigonometric function, exponential, etc., that is not expressible algebraically in terms of the variables and constants
  2. Asserting a fundamental irrationality or supernatural element in experience.
  3. In Kantian philosophy, based on those elements of experience which derive not from sense data but from the inherent organizing functions of the mind, and which are the necessary conditions of human knowledge; transcending sense experience but not knowledge
conjectural
Inclined to make conjectures
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  1. Inclined to make conjectures
  2. In the nature of a conjecture, or based on a conjecture.
inferential
Of, relating to, or involving inference.
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  1. Of, relating to, or involving inference.
  2. Derived or capable of being derived by inference.
  3. Of, pertaining to, or derived using inference
presumptive
Based on presumption, probability, conjecture, hypothesis or belief
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  1. Based on presumption, probability, conjecture, hypothesis or belief
  2. Giving reasonable ground for belief
  3. Making presumptions; behaving as one who presumes, who assumes that which they perhaps shouldn't.
supposed
Intended:
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  1. Intended:
  2. Presumed to be true or real without conclusive evidence:
  3. Permitted:
suppositional
Resting on supposition; hypothetical; conjectural.
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  1. Resting on supposition; hypothetical; conjectural.
  2. Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster's Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
supposititious
Suppositional; hypothetical
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  1. Suppositional; hypothetical
  2. Substituted with intent to deceive or defraud; spurious; counterfeit
  3. Hypothetical; supposed.
suppositive
Having the nature of, based on, or involving supposition
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  1. Having the nature of, based on, or involving supposition
  2. Including or implying supposition, or hypothesis; supposed.
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  • In that hypothetical situation, what would the defense contractor want?

  • These salts are considered to be derived from the hypothetical base OH 3.

  • On these lines the equations of concentration cells, deduced above on less hypothetical grounds, may be regained.

  • But such a hypothetical simplicity is the necessary step for solving the more complex problems of nature.

  • Birkeland (19), who has made a special study of magnetic disturbances in the Arctic, proceeding on the hypothesis that they arise from electric currents in the atmosphere, and who has thence attempted to deduce the position and intensity of these currents, asserts that whilst in the case of many storms the data were insufficient, when it was possible to fix the position of the mean line of flow of the hypothetical current relatively to an auroral arc, he invariably found the directions coincident or nearly so.

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