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Definition theory
Etymology
From Middle French théorie, from Late Latin the?ria, from Ancient Greek ?????? (the?ría, “contemplation, speculation, a looking at, things looked at”), from ?????? (the?ré?, “I look at, view, consider, examine”), from ?????? (the?rós, “spectator”), from ??? (théa, “a view”) + ???? (horá?, “I see, look”).
Noun
theory (countable and uncountable, plural theories)
- A description of an event or system that is considered to be accurate.
- (obsolete) Mental conception; reflection, consideration. [16th-18th c.]
- (sciences) A coherent statement or set of ideas that explains observed facts or phenomena and correctly predicts new facts or phenomena not previously observed, or which sets out the laws and principles of something known or observed; a hypothesis confirmed by observation, experiment etc. [from 17th c.]
- (uncountable) The underlying principles or methods of a given technical skill, art etc., as opposed to its practice. [from 17th c.]
- (mathematics) A field of study attempting to exhaustively describe a particular class of constructs. [from 18th c.]
- A hypothesis or conjecture. [from 18th c.]
- (countable, logic) A set of axioms together with all statements derivable from them; or, a set of statements which are deductively closed. Equivalently, a formal language plus a set of axioms (from which can then be derived theorems).
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