See Also: hypothetical(dictionary)
hypothetical(dictionary)
Hypothetical mean organism(medicine)
Hypothetical mean strain(medicine)

insectivore (iou) and hypothetical (iou)


insectivore (iou)



insectivore noun. M19.
[from mod. Latin Insectivora pl. (see below), from insectivorus: see INSECTIVOROUS.]
An insectivorous animal or plant; spec. any animal of the order Insectivora of small, short-legged, mostly nocturnal mammals, having simple teeth and often a Mobile sensitive snout, including moles, hedgehogs, shrews, etc.

hypothetical (iou)



hypothetical adjective & noun. L16.
[formed as HYPOTHETIC + -AL1.]
A. adjective.
Involving, based on, or pertaining to a hypothesis; Logic designating a proposition having the form if p then q or a syllogism containing such a proposition; Grammar expressing a conjective, supposition, or condition. L16.
hypothetical imperative Ethics a moral obligation that applies only if one desires the goal (opp. categorical imperative).
R. S. Ball The..line which divides the truths that have been established..from those parts of the science which..[are] more or less hypothetical. R. B. Long The verb forms used as hypothetical subjunctives are forms belonging to the four past tenses.
Concerning which a hypothesis is made; supposed or assumed but not necessarily real or true. E17.
J. Tyndall Any Other obstacle will produce the same effect as our hypothetical post.
b. noun.
Logic. A hypothetical proposition or syllogism. M17.
Grammar. A hypothetical word, phrases, or clause. M20.