stelling — meaning in English
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English meaning
- hypothesis noun A proposed explanation for something that can be tested through further study or experiment.
- scaffold noun A temporary framework of poles or tubes that workers stand on to reach high parts of a building.
- tenet noun A principle or belief held to be true by a person or, more often, by a group, religion or movement.
- theorem noun A mathematical statement that has been formally proven true.
Senses
stelling is used for these senses in English:
- hypothesis (sciences) A tentative conjecture explaining an observation, phenomenon or scientific problem and that can be tested by further observation, investigation, and/or experimentation.
- scaffold A structure made of scaffolding for workers to stand on while working on a building.
- scaffold (transitive) To set up a scaffolding; to surround a building with scaffolding.
- tenet An opinion, belief, or principle that is held as absolute truth by someone or especially an organization.
- theorem (mathematics) A mathematical statement of some importance that has been proven to be true. Minor theorems are often called propositions. Theorems which are not very interesting in themselves but are an essential part of a bigger theorem's proof are called lemmas.
- theorem (mathematics, colloquial, nonstandard) A mathematical statement that is expected to be true.
scaffold — full definition
- noun A temporary framework of poles or tubes that workers stand on to reach high parts of a building.
- noun A raised wooden platform historically used for executions.
- noun A structure or framework that provides support for something else, including figuratively.