Hypothesis

Dictionary definition:
A
mere assumption or guess.

"hypothesis." Dictionary.com Unabridged. Random House, Inc. 02 Feb. 2010.



My definition: A guess or conjecture someone has for an answer to some type of scientific incident.



Picture to represent the word:
external image Blue-question-mark.jpg
Anonimus, Andrzej. "Blue-question-mark.jpg". Wikimedia. 16 November, 2006. <http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Blue-question-mark.jpg> . 3 February, 2010.


A non-example of a hypothesis would be a conclusion.



How I remember the word:
I remember it as a guess you make when doing experiments in science. I recall it was always the first step you did when doing a lab.


Use of the word hypothesis in a sentence- via Voki:



Synonyms: Theory, premise, suggestion, supposition, proposition, guess, assumption