ASSUMED

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does assumed mean? 

• ASSUMED (adjective)
  The adjective ASSUMED has 1 sense:

1. adopted in order to deceive

  Familiarity information: ASSUMED used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ASSUMED (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Adopted in order to deceive

Synonyms:

assumed; false; fictitious; fictive; pretended; put on; sham

Context example:

sham modesty

Similar:

counterfeit; imitative (not genuine; imitating something superior)

 Context examples 

People have traditionally assumed that all of the interesting spectroscopy is in the infrared on planetary surfaces, because that's where most of the molecules that scientists are looking for have their fundamental features.

(Table Salt Compound Spotted on Europa, NASA)

Scientists had assumed that, like with silicon materials, the more ordered they could make the materials, the more efficient they would be.

(‘Messy’ production of perovskite material increases solar cell efficiency, University of Cambridge)

These results show that different chemical elements can no longer be assumed to be equally abundant in planetary atmospheres, challenging assumptions in several theoretical models.

(Water common – yet scarce – in exoplanets, University of Cambridge)

Until now, scientists had assumed that Theia originated in the inner solar system near the Earth.

(Moon’s Formation Brought Water to Earth, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

Previous studies of distant dead galaxies have assumed that their structure is similar to the local elliptical galaxies they will evolve into.

(Massive Dead Disk Galaxy Challenges Theories of Galaxy Evolution, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

Studies of exoplanet spectra have commonly assumed that hazes would affect all colors of light in similar ways.

(Sunsets on Titan reveal the complexity of hazy exoplanets, NASA)

Attackers can use this novel attack technique to read information that was previously assumed to be safely encrypted.

(Digital security researchers publicly reveal vulnerability in WPA2 WiFi protocol, Wikinews)

Scientists have long assumed these basins were dead, still places where the last geologic activity occurred long before dinosaurs roamed Earth.

(Study Finds New Wrinkles on Earth's Moon, NASA)

The problem is that many experts assumed that early Earth craters have been worn away by wind, storms, and other geologic processes.

(Moon Data Sheds Light on Earth’s Asteroid Impact History, NASA)

Scientists have assumed that ice cliffs taller than 90 meters, or almost 100 yards, would rapidly collapse under their own weight.

(Antarctic ice cliffs may not contribute to ice-sheet instability as much as predicted, National Science Foundation)