Definition of Conjecture. Meaning of Conjecture. Synonyms of Conjecture

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Definition of Conjecture

Conjecture
Conjecture Con*jec"ture (; 135?), n. [L. conjectura, fr. conjicere, conjectum, to throw together, infer, conjecture; con- + jacere to throw: cf. F. conjecturer. See Jet a shooting forth.] An opinion, or judgment, formed on defective or presumptive evidence; probable inference; surmise; guess; suspicion. He [Herodotus] would thus have corrected his first loose conjecture by a real study of nature. --Whewell. Conjectures, fancies, built on nothing firm. --Milton.
Conjecture
Conjecture Con*jec"ture, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Conjectured; p. pr. & vb. n. Conjecturing.] [Cf. F. conjecturer. Cf. Conject.] To arrive at by conjecture; to infer on slight evidence; to surmise; to guess; to form, at random, opinions concerning. Human reason can then, at the best, but conjecture what will be. --South.
Conjecture
Conjecture Con*jec"ture, v. i. To make conjectures; to surmise; to guess; to infer; to form an opinion; to imagine.

Meaning of Conjecture from wikipedia

- In mathematics, a conjecture is a conclusion or a proposition that is proffered on a tentative basis without proof. Some conjectures, such as the Riemann...
- In the mathematical field of geometric topology, the Poincaré conjecture (UK: /ˈpwæ̃kæreɪ/, US: /ˌpwæ̃kɑːˈreɪ/, French: [pwɛ̃kaʁe]) is a theorem about...
- Goldbach's conjecture is one of the oldest and best-known unsolved problems in number theory and all of mathematics. It states that every even natural...
- problems in mathematics) The Collatz conjecture is one of the most famous unsolved problems in mathematics. The conjecture asks whether repeating two simple...
- There are several conjectures known as the Hadwiger conjecture or Hadwiger's conjecture. They include: Hadwiger conjecture (graph theory), a relationship...
- Serre's conjecture may refer to: Quillen–Suslin theorem, formerly known as Serre's conjecture Serre's conjecture II, concerning the Galois cohomology of...
- is a conjecture for these functions that, if true, will imply the Kakeya set conjecture for higher dimensions: Kakeya maximal function conjecture: For...
- Milnor conjecture may refer to: Milnor conjecture (K-theory) in algebraic K-theory Milnor conjecture (knot theory) in knot theory Milnor conjecture (Ricci...
- In mathematics, the Hodge conjecture is a major unsolved problem in algebraic geometry and complex geometry that relates the algebraic topology of a non-singular...
- of de Polignac's conjecture is the twin prime conjecture. A stronger form of the twin prime conjecture, the Hardy–Littlewood conjecture (see below), postulates...