1. Adjective
Characterized by, or of the nature of, an hypothesis; conditional; assumed without proof, for the purpose of reasoning and deducing proof, or of accounting for some fact or phenomenon.
2. Noun
a hypothetical possibility, circumstance, statement, proposal, situation, etc.; "consider the following, just as a hypothetical possibility"
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