theories

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  1. noun A set of statements or principles devised to explain a group of facts or phenomena, especially one that has been repeatedly tested or is widely accepted and can be used to make predictions about natural phenomena.
  2. noun The branch of a science or art consisting of its explanatory statements, accepted principles, and methods of analysis, as opposed to practice: a fine musician who had never studied theory.
  3. noun A set of theorems that constitute a systematic view of a branch of mathematics.
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  • Little concrete was known about what caused whales to beach en masse, according to marine scientist Catherine Kemper, who said the theories were almost endless. —  Zee News : India National
  • Then I read that Milton Friedman, a Nobel Laureate in Economics, panned Keynes and that's why his theories were almost discarded in the 1970s. —  Latest Articles
  • Though he lived during the 20th century, his theories are applicable to today's calamity. —  ASU Web Devil - ASU's Online News Source -
  • Mandelbaum case to Dr. Bajaj, the theories will be analyzed and reconciled to produce a single lack of marketability discount method. —  TaxProf Blog
  • They believe that, when the theories are formulated within an axiomatic basis, solutions can be found to many difficult problems such as the interpretation of physical theories, the relations between theories as well as the introduction of physical concepts. —  AvaxHome RSS:
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