thought experiment

English

Etymology

A calque of German Gedankenexperiment.

Noun

Wikipedia thought experiment (plural thought experiments)

1. (physics, philosophy) an attempt to solve a problem using the power of human imagination

Translations

attempt to solve a problem using human imagination

• Czech: myšlenkový experiment (cs) m
• Finnish: ajatuskoe (fi)
• German: Gedankenexperiment (de) n

• Italian: esperimento mentale (it) m
• Japanese: 思考実験 (しこうじっけん, shikō jikken)
• Romanian: experiment mintal (ro) n, experiment de gândire (ro) n, experiment intelectic (ro) n