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nouna tentative insight into the natural world; a concept that is not yet verified but that if true would explain certain facts or phenomena
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nouna belief that can guide behaviortype of:
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nouna well-substantiated explanation of some aspect of the natural world; an organized system of accepted knowledge that applies in a variety of circumstances to explain a specific set of phenomenatype of:
Examples of theory
- "a scientific hypothesis that survives experimental testing becomes a scientific theory"
- "he proposed a fresh theory of alkalis that later was accepted in chemical practices"
- "the architect has a theory that more is less"
- "they killed him on the theory that dead men tell no tales"
- "true in fact and theory"