Category:Thesis

The"sis, n.; pl. Theses. Etym: [l., fr. Gr. Do, and cf. Anathema, Apothecary, epithet, hypothesis, parenthesis, theme, tick a cover.]

1. A position or proposition which a person advances and offers to Maintain, or which is actually maintained by argument.

2. Hence, an essay or dissertation written upon specific or definite Theme; especially, an essay presented by a candidate for a diploma or Degree. 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, to prepare them. Goldsmith.

3. (logic)

Defn: an affirmation, or distinction from a supposition or Hypothesis.

4. (mus.)

Defn: the accented part of the measure, expressed by the downward Beat; -- the opposite of arsis.

5. (pros.) (a) the depression of the voice in pronouncing the syllables of a Word. (b) the part of the foot upon which such a depression falls.