hypothesis

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hypothesis

Summary

hypothesis ranks in the top 1% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (10,102 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • hypothesis is a type of proposition[2].
  • hypothesis is a type of premise[3].
  • hypothesis is a type of work[4].
  • hypothesis is part of theory[5].
  • hypothesis is part of theorem[6].
  • hypothesis's Commons category is recorded as Hypotheses[7].
  • hypothesis's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Hypotheses[8].
  • hypothesis's facet of is recorded as unknown[9].
  • hypothesis's facet of is recorded as hypothetical thinking[10].
  • hypothesis's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[11].
  • hypothesis's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[12].
  • hypothesis's described by source is recorded as Granat Encyclopedic Dictionary[13].
  • hypothesis's described by source is recorded as Q140169500[14].
  • hypothesis's described by source is recorded as mathisfun.com dictionary[15].
  • hypothesis's has characteristic is recorded as testability[16].
  • hypothesis's related Wikidata property is recorded as P1480[17].
  • hypothesis's equivalent class is recorded as http://vocab.org/evidence/terms/Hypothesis[18].
  • hypothesis's different from is recorded as hypothesis[19].
  • hypothesis's properties for this type is recorded as P31[20].
  • hypothesis's properties for this type is recorded as P1136[21].
  • hypothesis's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[22].
  • hypothesis's maintained by WikiProject is recorded as WikiProject Mathematics[23].
  • hypothesis's P14864 is recorded as hypoteesi[24].

Body

Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include proposition[2], premise[3], and work[4].

Use and Application

Part of include theory[5] and theorem[6].

Why It Matters

hypothesis ranks in the top 1% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (10,102 views/month).[1] hypothesis has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[25] hypothesis is known by 72 alternative names across languages and contexts.[26]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  12. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  15. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [25] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [26] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 15d ago · AddyLockPool · 2026-09-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Described by source → Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Granat Encyclopedic Dictionary +2
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P1343]]: [[Q54640709]]"
  2. 15d ago · AddyLockPool · 2026-09-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Described by source → Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Granat Encyclopedic Dictionary +2
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P1343]]: [[Q140169500]]"
  3. 16d ago · Zache · 2026-09-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14864 → hypoteesi
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ [[Property:P14864]]: hypoteesi, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/323350600|Hypoteesi (#323350600)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/8450|Statistics Finland "
  4. 4w ago · Épico · 2026-09-01 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Different from → hypothesis
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P1889]]: [[Q2913326]]"
  5. 12w ago · Susmuffin · 2026-07-06 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag → hypothesis
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ [[Property:P13772]]: hypothesis, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289933716|hypothesis (#289933716)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7915|Harper's tag]] #m"
  6. 14w ago · Andre Engels · 2026-06-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Oxford classical dictionary id → 3204
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ [[Property:P9106]]: 3204, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/107285427|hypothesis, scientific (#107285427)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/4102|Oxford Class"
  7. 16w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → 0244909-hypoteza
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P9322]]: 0244909-hypoteza, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259496|batch #259496]]"
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