Vocabulary
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Gedankenexperiment
/ɡəˈdaŋkn̩ʔɛkspeʁiˌmɛnt/· noun· Pl. die Gedankenexperimente
thought experiment
An experiment carried out only in the mind — "imagine you could…" — a classic tool of physics and philosophy.
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Forms
- Singular
- das Gedankenexperiment
- Plural
- die Gedankenexperimente
- Genitiv
- des Gedankenexperiments / des Gedankenexperimentes
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Gedankenexperiment
thought experiment
Machen wir ein kleines Gedankenexperiment.
Let's do a little thought experiment.
Word family
Gedankenexperimentder Gedankethoughtdas Experimentexperimentexperimentierento experiment
Common combinations
- ein Gedankenexperiment anstellento carry out a thought experiment
- ein berühmtes Gedankenexperimenta famous thought experiment
- im Gedankenexperimentin a thought experiment
Real examples
- Stellen wir uns in einem Gedankenexperiment eine Stadt ohne Autos vor.Let's imagine a city without cars in a thought experiment.
- In der Physik haben Gedankenexperimente eine lange Tradition.Thought experiments have a long tradition in physics.
- Das Gedankenexperiment zeigt, wie widersprüchlich unsere Intuitionen sind.The thought experiment shows how contradictory our intuitions are.
