Gedankenexperiment
See also: gedankenexperiment and gedanken experiment
German
Etymology
From Gedanke + Experiment. Coined by Danish physicist Hans Christian Ørsted circa 1812.
Pronunciation
Noun
Gedankenexperiment n (genitive Gedankenexperiments or Gedankenexperimentes, plural Gedankenexperimente)
Further reading
- “Gedankenexperiment” in Duden online