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alter′native hypoth′esis, 
  1. Statistics(in the statistical testing of a hypothesis) the hypothesis to be accepted if the null hypothesis is rejected.

'alternative hypothesis' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
null hypothesis - power

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