Gedankenexperiment

See also: gedankenexperiment and gedanken experiment

German

Etymology

From Gedanke +‎ Experiment. Coined by Danish physicist Hans Christian Ørsted circa 1812.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡəˈdaŋkŋ̍ˌɛksˈpeːʀiːmɛnt/

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Noun

Gedankenexperiment n (genitive Gedankenexperiments or Gedankenexperimentes, plural Gedankenexperimente)

1. (physics, epistemology) gedankenexperiment, a thought experiment

Further reading

• “Gedankenexperiment” in Duden online