theory
theory is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 3 senses, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.An exposition of the general or abstract principles of any science; as, the theory of music.
- 2.The science, as distinguished from the art; as, the theory and practice of medicine.
- 3.The philosophical explanation of phenomena, either physical or moral; as, Lavoisier's theory of combustion; Adam Smith's theory of moral sentiments. Atomic theory, Binary theory, etc. See under Atomic, Binary, etc. -- Theory, Hypothesis. A theory is a scheme of the relations subsisting between the parts of a systematic whole; an hypothesis is a tentative conjecture respecting a cause of phenomena.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Synonyms (Webster's 1913)
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- accessible
- achievable
- admit
- agreement
- analogy
- and
- anything
- approximation
- are
- association
- assumed
- assumption
- attainable
- bare
- barely
- bear
- belief
- blue
- but
- chance
- compatibility
- compatible
- conceit
- conceivable
- condition
- conjecture
- contingency
- contingent
- credible
- dark
- data
- dice
- distance
- divination
- doubtful
- effect
- estimate
- feasibility
- feasible
- guess
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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