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nouna treatise advancing a new point of view resulting from research; usually a requirement for an advanced academic degree
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nounan unproved statement put forward as a premise in an argumenttype of:
Definition that contains thesis
- for One who takes, or that which is said on, the affirmative side; that which is said in favor of some one or something; the antithesis of against, and commonly used in connection with it.
- from Out of the neighborhood of; lessening or losing proximity to; leaving behind; by reason of; out of; by aid of; -- used whenever departure, setting out, commencement of action, being, state, occurrence, etc., or procedure, emanation, absence, separation, etc., are to be expressed. It is construed with, and indicates, the point of space or time at which the action, state, etc., are regarded as setting out or beginning; also, less frequently, the source, the cause, the occasion, out of which anything proceeds; the anitithesis and correlative of to;
- check additional proof that something that was believed (some fact or hypothesis or theory) is correct
- leg a prosthesis that replaces a missing leg
- leaf the main organ of photosynthesis and transpiration in higher plants
- translate determine the amino-acid sequence of a protein during its synthesis by using information on the messenger RNA
- calvin United States chemist noted for discovering the series of chemical reactions in photosynthesis (1911-)
- confirmation additional proof that something that was believed (some fact or hypothesis or theory) is correct
- assumption a hypothesis that is taken for granted
- speculation a hypothesis that has been formed by speculating or conjecturing (usually with little hard evidence)