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noun Download 🔗Share A coherent statement or set of ideas that explains observed facts or phenomena and correctly predicts new facts or phenomena not previously observed, or which sets out the laws and principles of something known or observed; a hypothesis confirmed by observation, experiment etc. Examples : "Scientists develop theories to explain how the universe works. " theory science philosophy statement logic Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
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noun Download 🔗Share 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." theory science philosophy logic statement Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading