thought experiment

English

Etymology

A calque of German Gedankenexperiment, equivalent to thought +‎ experiment.

Noun

thought experiment (plural thought experiments)

(physics, philosophy) An attempt to solve a problem using the power of human imagination.

Translations

attempt to solve a problem using human imagination

Czech: myšlenkový experiment m
Danish: tankeeksperiment n
Finnish: ajatuskoe
German: Gedankenexperiment (de) n
Hungarian: gondolatkísérlet (hu)

Italian: esperimento mentale m
Japanese: 思考実験 (しこうじっけん, shikō jikken)
Romanian: experiment mintal n, experiment de gândire n, experiment intelectic n
Spanish: experimento mental m, experimento pensado
Swedish: tankeexperiment (sv) n

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