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• Conjecture — For text reconstruction, see Conjecture (textual criticism). A conjecture is a proposition that is unproven but is thought to be true and has not been disproven. Karl Popper pioneered the use of the term conjecture in scientific philosophy.… …   Wikipedia

• conjecture — con|jec|ture1 [kənˈdʒektʃə US ər] n formal [Date: 1300 1400; : Latin; Origin: conjectura, from conicere to throw together , from com ( COM ) + jacere to throw ] 1.) [U] when you form ideas or opinions without having very much information to base… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• conjecture — 1 noun formal 1 (U) the act of thinking of reasons, explanations etc without having very much information to base them on: She didn t know the facts, so what she said was pure conjecture. | conjecture about their role in the affair 2 (C) an idea… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• conjecture — I UK [kənˈdʒektʃə(r)] / US [kənˈdʒektʃər] noun Word forms conjecture : singular conjecture plural conjectures a) [uncountable] the development of a theory or guess based on information that is not complete pure conjecture (= a guess): The cause… …   English dictionary

• conjecture — con|jec|ture1 [ kən dʒektʃər ] noun uncount the development of a theory or guess based on information that is not complete: purely conjecture (=a guess): The cause of the crash is purely conjecture at this point. a. count a theory or guess based… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• conjecture — [[t]kənʤe̱ktʃə(r)[/t]] conjectures, conjecturing, conjectured 1) N VAR A conjecture is a conclusion that is based on information that is not certain or complete. [FORMAL] That was a conjecture, not a fact... There are several conjectures... The… …   English dictionary

• conjecture — [14] A conjecture is, etymologically speaking, simply something ‘thrown together’. The word comes, perhaps via Old French, from Latin conjectūra ‘conclusion, interpretation’, a noun derived from the past participle of conicere ‘throw together’.… …   The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

• conjecture — [14] A conjecture is, etymologically speaking, simply something ‘thrown together’. The word comes, perhaps via Old French, from Latin conjectūra ‘conclusion, interpretation’, a noun derived from the past participle of conicere ‘throw together’.… …   Word origins

• conjecture — n. & v. n. 1 a the formation of an opinion on incomplete information; guessing. b an opinion or conclusion reached in this way. 2 a (in textual criticism) the guessing of a reading not in the text. b a proposed reading. v. 1 tr. & intr. guess. 2… …   Useful english dictionary

• Poincaré conjecture — In mathematics, the Poincaré conjecture (French, pronounced|pwɛ̃kaʀe) [cite encyclopedia | encyclopedia=The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language | title=Poincaré, Jules Henri | url=http://www.bartleby.com/61/3/P0400300.html |… …   Wikipedia

• Goldbach's conjecture — is one of the oldest unsolved problems in number theory and in all of mathematics. It states::Every even integer greater than 2 can be written as the sum of two primes.Expressing a given even number as a sum of two primes is called a Goldbach… …   Wikipedia