Meaning Of The Word Thought experiment

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thought experiment in American English
a test in which one imagines the practical outcome of a hypothesis when physical proof may not be available
noun: a demonstration or calculation that is based on the postulates of a theory, as relativity, and that demonstrates or clarifies the consequences of the postulates

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