Glossary

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Hyphen (hi-fen)

A hyphen is a punctuation sign that indicates the joining of two words to form a single, compound word.

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Hypothesis (hi-poth-e-siss)

A hypothesis is a conjecture (or set of conjectures) put forward to guide one's investigation and explanation of a given phenomenon, problem or issue. The plural of hypothesis is hypotheses (ie hi-poth-e-sees).

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