Hypothesis

A hypothesis is a proposed explanation for some event or problem. For a scientific hypothesis, the scientific method requires that one can test it.^[1][2]

1. ↑ The term comes from the Greek, hypotithenai meaning "to put under" or "to suppose".
2. ↑ Bunge, Mario 1967. Scientific research I: the search for system. Berlin: Springer Verlag, Chapter 5, p222.