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theory

/ˈθiːəɹi/

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noun

Theorie, Hypothese

A description of an event or system that is considered to be accurate.

Examples :

"The theory of gravity explains why objects fall to the ground. "

Die Schwerkrafttheorie erklärt, warum Objekte zu Boden fallen.

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noun

Konzeption, Überlegung

Mental conception; reflection, consideration.

Examples :

"My theory about why my son is late for school every morning is that he's oversleeping. "

Meine Überlegung, warum mein Sohn jeden Morgen zu spät zur Schule kommt, ist, dass er verschläft.

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noun

Theorie, Lehre

Examples :

"The theory of gravity explains why apples fall to the ground. "

Die Schwerkrafttheorie erklärt, warum Äpfel zu Boden fallen.

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noun

Grundlagen, Prinzipien

The underlying principles or methods of a given technical skill, art etc., as opposed to its practice.

Examples :

"My cooking theory emphasizes using fresh, seasonal ingredients. "

Meine Kochgrundlagen betonen die Verwendung frischer, saisonaler Zutaten.

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noun

Theorie, Fachgebiet

A field of study attempting to exhaustively describe a particular class of constructs.

Examples :

"Knot theory classifies the mappings of a circle into 3-space."

Die Knotentheorie klassifiziert die Abbildungen eines Kreises in den 3D-Raum.

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Hypothese, Annahme

A hypothesis or conjecture.

Examples :

"My theory is that the dog ate my homework. "

Meine Hypothese ist, dass der Hund meine Hausaufgaben gefressen hat.

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noun

Theorie, Lehre

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). The statements may be required to all be bound (i.e., to have no free variables).

Examples :

"A theory is consistent if it has a model."

Eine Theorie ist konsistent, wenn sie ein Modell hat.

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