Usually means: Imaginary scenario exploring theoretical ideas.
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General (7 matching dictionaries)
  1. thought experiment: Merriam-Webster
  2. thought experiment: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. thought-experiment: Wordnik
  4. thought experiment: Wiktionary
  5. thought experiment: Infoplease Dictionary
  6. thought experiment: Dictionary.com
  7. Thought-experiment, Thought experiment: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Thought-experiment, thought experiment: Encyclopedia

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. thought experiment: Glosario de términos filosóficos (en inglés)

Science (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Thought Experiment: Eric Weisstein's World of Physics
  2. Thought Experiment: Extragalactic Astronomy

Definitions from Wiktionary (thought experiment)

noun:  (physics, philosophy) An attempt to solve a problem using the power of human imagination.

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