scientific theory

scientific theory
noun
a theory that explains scientific observations
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scientific theories must be falsifiable

• Hypernyms: ↑theory
• Hyponyms:
↑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
• Part Holonyms: ↑science, ↑scientific discipline

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