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tentative — [ten′tə tiv] adj. [LL tentativus < pp. of L tentare, to touch, try: see TENT2] 1. made, done, proposed, etc. experimentally or provisionally; not definite or final [tentative plans, a tentative explanation] 2. indicating timidity, hesitancy,… … English World dictionary
explanation — Synonyms and related words: abstraction, accomplishment, account, allegorization, analysis, answer, ascertainment, body of theory, case, case in point, cause, clarification, clearance, clearing, clearing up, commentary, construction, cracking,… … Moby Thesaurus
hypothesis — I noun assertion, assignment of cause, assumption, conclusion drawn from accepted truths, coniectura, conjecture, deduction, guess, inference, postulate, postulation, speculation, suggestion, supposal, supposition, surmise, tentative explanation … Law dictionary
Sahaja Yoga — Yogaschool|name=Sahaja Yoga color=#174803 bgcolor=white religious origins=Shaktism, Yoga, Hinduism regional origins=Mumbai, India founding guru=Nirmala Srivastava (aka Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi) popularity=Growing from the late 20th century,… … Wikipedia
theory — Synonyms and related words: apprehension, assumption, attitude, base, basis, body of theory, climate of opinion, common belief, community sentiment, conceit, concept, conception, conclusion, conjecture, consensus gentium, consideration, estimate … Moby Thesaurus
hypothesis — noun (plural hypotheses) Etymology: Greek, from hypotithenai to put under, suppose, from hypo + tithenai to put more at do Date: circa 1656 1. a. an assumption or concession made for the sake of argument b. an interpretation of a practical… … New Collegiate Dictionary
Scientific hypothesis — is a hypothesis (a testable conjecture) used as a tentative explanation of an observation, but which has not yet been fully tested by the prediction validation process for a scientific theory. [http://www.journaloftheoretics.com/Editorials/Vol… … Wikipedia
Four Crowned Martyrs — Infobox Saint name= The Four Crowned Martyrs birth date= death date=between 287 and 305 feast day=8 August (Group 1) 8 November (Group 2) venerated in= Roman Catholic Church imagesize= 250px caption= The Four Crowned Saints , Nanni di Banco,… … Wikipedia
Wiener index — In chemical graph theory, the Wiener index (also Wiener number) is a topological index of a molecule, defined as the sum of the numbers of edges in the shortest paths in a chemical graph between all pairs of non hydrogen atoms in a molecule. It… … Wikipedia
Four Crowned Martyrs — • The Four Crowned Martyrs are actually two groups, with a total of nine or ten martyrs. The first five were masons or sculptors in Pannonia, martyred in 305. The second was a group of four martyrs, names unknown. They have been venerated since… … Catholic encyclopedia
