Well, hypothetical means that something may exist only as a concept or idea. So, if you were asking a question about a time machine, that would be hypothetical, seeing as how time machine do not exist.
Noun1.hypothetical - a hypothetical possibility, circumstance, statement, proposal, situation, etc.; "consider the following, just as a hypothetical"
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i posted this question because my physics teacher asked it, he says there is an actual depth so it is not hypothetical. i hope someone can answer this with a real answer
It could mean to accept something without question by guessing; or it could mean of, to relate to, involving, or characterized by guessing. But it depends on how the word is used.
The normal distribution is a theory, which works in practice (with a large enough sample). E.g if you were to plot the height of everyone in the country, you should end up with a normal distribution. Hence it is not usually considered hypothetical, in the same way that, say, imaginary numbers are hypothetical.
Abstract, speculative or hypothetical.
the value that is supposed to exist.