Gedankenexperiment

See also: gedankenexperiment and gedanken experiment

German

Etymology

From Gedanke +‎ Experiment. Coined by Danish physicist Hans Christian Ørsted circa 1812.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɡəˈdaŋkŋ̍ˌɛksˈpeːʁiːmɛnt/
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Noun

Gedankenexperiment n (strong, genitive Gedankenexperimentes or Gedankenexperiments, plural Gedankenexperimente)

(physics, epistemology) gedankenexperiment, a thought experiment

Declension

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Further reading

“Gedankenexperiment” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
“Gedankenexperiment” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
“Gedankenexperiment” in Duden online

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