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What is the definition for "hypothesis"?

a scientific concept that explains what patterns of behavior will be seen through repeated investigations

a hypothesis or group of related hypotheses that can be accepted as true based on repeated experimentation with similar results

a possible explanation or answer to a scientific question that is based on prior knowledge or research and is testable

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The third option is correct: "a possible explanation or answer to a scientific question that is based on prior knowledge or research and is testable."

Briefly: the first describes more a theory or law about consistent patterns, and the second describes a theory (well-supported by repeated experiments), not a hypothesis.