tankeeksperiment

Danish

Etymology

tanke (“thought”) +‎ eksperiment (“experiment”). Compare Swedish tankeexperiment

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈtɑŋ.ɡə.ɛɡ.spæ.ɐ̯i.ˌmɛnˀd]

Noun

tankeeksperiment n (singular definite tankeeksperimentet, plural indefinite tankeeksperimenter)

(physics, philosophy) a thought experiment

References

“tankeeksperiment” in Den Danske Ordbog

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

tanke (“thought”) +‎ eksperiment (“experiment”)

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈtʰɑ̂ŋ.kʰə.ɛk.sp(ə)ɾɪ.ˌmɛnt]

Noun

tankeeksperiment n (definite singular tankeeksperimentet, indefinite plural tankeeksperiment or tankeeksperimenter, definite plural tankeeksperimenta or tankeeksperimentene)

(physics, philosophy) a thought experiment

References

“tankeeksperiment” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
“tankeeksperiment” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

tanke (“thought”) +‎ eksperiment (“experiment”)

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈtʰɑ̂ŋ.kʰə.ɛk.sp(ə)ɾɪ.ˌmɛnt]

Noun

tankeeksperiment n (definite singular tankeeksperimentet, indefinite plural tankeeksperiment, definite plural tankeeksperimenta)

(physics, philosophy) a thought experiment

References

“tankeeksperiment” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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