thesis

Senses relating to logic, rhetoric, etc.; A proposition or statement supported by arguments.rhetoric

• I submit these nine theses to Wikipedia’s community and to the world. I do this, as Martin Luther said when he posted his famous 95 theses, “Out of love for the truth and the desire to elucidate it.” […] I am confident that every thesis sta

Senses relating to logic, rhetoric, etc.; A lengthy essay written to establish the validity of a thesis (sense 1.1), especially one submitted in order to complete the requirements for a non-doctoral degree in the US and a doctoral degree in the UK; a dissertation.broadly

• I told them of the grave, becoming, and ſublime deportment they ſhould aſſume upon this myſtical occaſion, and read them two homilies and a theſis of my own compoſing, in order to prepare them.

Senses relating to logic, rhetoric, etc.; A conjecture, especially one too vague to be formally stated or verified but useful as a working convention.

Senses relating to logic, rhetoric, etc.; An affirmation, or distinction from a supposition or hypothesis.

Senses relating to logic, rhetoric, etc.; In the dialectical method of Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel: the initial stage of reasoning where a formal statement of a point is developed; this is followed by antithesis and synthesis.

Senses relating to music and prosody.; The action of lowering the hand or bringing down the foot when indicating a rhythm; hence, an accented part of a measure of music or verse indicated by this action; an ictus, a stress.

Senses relating to music and prosody.; A depression of the voice when pronouncing a syllables of a word; hence, the unstressed part of the metrical foot of a verse upon which such a depression falls, or an unaccented musical note.