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thought experiment has definition An experiment that cannot be or is not carried out in practice, but can, given sufficient imagination and rigor, be reasoned through by thought and intuition alone. has source: Ferris, T. 1988 Coming of Age in the Milky Way, Morrow, 2001-09-27 09:34:05.0
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thought experiment	has definition An experiment that cannot be or is not carried out in practice, but can, given sufficient imagination and rigor, be reasoned through by thought and intuition alone.
thought experiment	is a kind of theory related concept