scientific theory, n.
a theory that explains scientific observations
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scientific theory
sample sentences
"scientific theories must be falsifiable"
semantic pointers
hyponym
big-bang theory, big bang theory
nebular hypothesis
planetesimal hypothesis
steady state theory, continuous creation theory
theory of gravitation, theory of gravity, gravitational theory, Newton's theory of gravitation
organicism
atomic theory
cell theory, cell doctrine
wave theory, undulatory theory, wave theory of light
corpuscular theory, corpuscular theory of light
kinetic theory, kinetic theory of gases
relativity, theory of relativity, relativity theory, Einstein's theory of relativity
supersymmetry
quantum theory
uncertainty principle, indeterminacy principle
germ theory
information theory
theory of dissociation, theory of electrolytic dissociation, Arrhenius theory of dissociation
theory of evolution, theory of organic evolution, evolutionism
theory of indicators, Ostwald's theory of indicators
theory of inheritance
associationism, association theory
atomism
functionalism
Gestalt psychology, configurationism
game theory, theory of games
hypernym
part holonym