(n.) A supposition; a proposition or principle which is supposed or taken for granted, in order to draw a conclusion or inference for proof of the point in question; something not proved, but assumed for the purpose of argument, or to account for a fact or an occurrence; as, the hypothesis that head winds detain an overdue steamer.
(n.) A tentative theory or supposition provisionally adopted to explain certain facts, and to guide in the investigation of others; hence, frequently called a working hypothesis.
Example Sentences:
(1) The hypothesis that proteins are critical targets in free radical mediated cytolysis was tested using U937 mononuclear phagocytes as targets and iron together with hydrogen peroxide to generate radicals.
(2) The generally accepted hypothesis is a coronary spasm but a direct cardiotoxicity of 5-FU cannot be.
(3) The results of our microscopic model confirm that the continuum hypothesis used in our previous macroscopic model is reasonable.
(4) The authors empirically studied the self-medication hypothesis of drug abuse by examining drug effects and motivation for drug use in 494 hospitalized drug abusers.
(5) Evidence is presented in support of the hypothesis that fresh bat guano serves as a means of pathogenic fungi dissemination in caves.
(6) The present study was designed to test the hypothesis that the decreased Epi response following ET was due to 1) depletion of adrenal Epi content such that adrenomedullary stimulation would not release Epi, 2) decreased Epi release with direct stimulation, i.e., desensitization of release, or 3) decreased afferent signals generated by ET itself.
(7) Implications of the theory for hypothesis testing, theory construction, and scales of measurement are considered.
(8) The 14-fold increase in prolonged apnea frequency immediately following regurgitation supports the hypothesis for a causal relationship between apnea and regurgitation.
(9) The hypothesis that experimentally determined survival times of Treponema pallidum in stored donor blood could be related to the number of treponemes initially present in the treponeme-blood mixtures was investigated by inoculating rabbits with three graded doses of treponemes suspended in donor blood and stored at 4 degrees C for various periods of time.
(10) Following the hypothesis that infertile patients may present emotional conflicts with regard to the wish of having a child, psychodynamic interviews were carried out with 116 infertile couples concomitantly with their first consultation at the Sterility Department.
(11) Results were inconsistent with both the feature detector fatigue and response bias hypothesis.
(12) This hypothesis is supported by our recent report that immunoreactive human PRL (ir-hPRL) is produced by and required for the continuous growth of sfRamos, a Burkitt tumor serum-free cell line.
(13) This hypothesis is difficult to substantiate with direct measurements using human subjects.
(14) We tested the hypothesis that furosemide interferes with energy generation in the cochlea, and determined its effect on CO2 formation from glucose and glyceroaldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase (GAPDH) activity by examining biochemical and histochemical changes in the cochlea, the kidney, and the liver.
(15) Our data support the hypothesis that evoked and epileptiform magnetic fields result from intradendritic currents oriented perpendicular to the cortical surface.
(16) This observation seriously challenges the hypothesis that SCE cancellation results as a consequence of persistence of the lesions induced by these agents.
(17) The hypothesis that the standard acoustic startle habituation paradigm contains the elements of Pavlovian fear conditioning was tested.
(18) In this study we tested the hypothesis that regardless of concentration pattern and exposure rate the same exposure dose of O3 will induce the same spirometric response.
(19) We put forward the hypothesis that the agglutinability in acriflavine, together with the PAGE profile type II, may be associated with particular structures responsible for virulence.
(20) After an introductory note on primary preventive intervention of breast cancer during adulthood, the author defends and extends a hypothesis that relates most of the known risk factors for this disease to the development of preneoplastic lesions in the breast.
Javascript
Definition:
Example Sentences:
(1) Instead of dropping banners, as Brotherston’s ISP did, it injects malicious JavaScript.
(2) He speaks nine languages, but they don't help on holidays as they are the "C++, Perl, PHP, Erlang, Java, Python, JavaScript, ActionScript" codes.
(3) Photograph: Unity It's a bit of a cheat adding this one to the list as Unity uses C# and JavaScript and does require at least a basic knowledge of code.
(4) Another good alternative would be Unity, which can be coded in C# and JavaScript - both very useful languages to learn.
(5) It is mainly used for text-based games, and it's possible to fine-tune your game with images, CSS and JavaScript if you have the know-how.
(6) The focus is on learning programming skills in HTML, CSS, JavaScript, Python and other languages, with a host of classes to then push on: from applied cryptography through to robotics AI.
(7) Rendering engines figure out how to interpret the HTML, CSS and Javascript that makes up a page, and decide how to lay out the page.
(8) He can do this because Kano has made it instinctive: Kano Blocks, which he is using, represents computer code (Python, JavaScript, with more to come) as visual jigsaw pieces.
(9) The tool uses Google’s Blockly programming interface, with children manipulating virtual blocks to create code, rather than diving straight into a language like JavaScript.
(10) Manipulating jigsaw-like blocks which represent JavaScript and Python code, it helps them create their own programs, with a Minecraft tie-in ensuring the popular creation game is available too.
(11) Facebook scams are the most common online attack method, according to the 2016 edition of technology firm Cisco’s Annual Security Report , with 33,681,000 examples identified by the company’s researchers – just ahead of JavaScript attacks in its malware chart.
(12) Hakitzu Elite: Robot Hackers Hakitzu Elite is one of the most intriguing apps trying to teach children to code: in this case, JavaScript by getting them to build and battle giant (virtual) robots against their friends.
(13) Section 3.3.1 of the document stipulates that "Applications must be originally written in Objective-C, C, C++, or JavaScript as executed by the iPhone OS WebKit engine, and only code written in C, C++ and Objective-C may compile and directly link against the documented APIs (eg, applications that link to documented APIs through an intermediary translation or compatibility layer or tool are prohibited)."
(14) June 11, 2014 The flaw leads to vulnerable versions of Tweetdeck (3.7.1-19002e5) running javascript code contained in tweets from other sites.
(15) Kano OS also includes multimedia packages, plus Kano Blocks, an open source visual programming language that can output code in Python and JavaScript among other languages, and can be used for all sorts of things including game creation, plugging directly into things like Pong and Minecraft.
(16) Fake ad impressions The bots are tailored specifically for creating fake ad impressions: "individual bots run [Adobe] Flash and execute Javascript [used to display many ads]," the researchers note.
(17) Simon Barratt: There are so many different ways to get started now, from a simple visual language like Scratch to a simpler text based language like Javascript or the more advanced C#.
(18) Disable Javascript in your Tor browser for the sake of your own safety."