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| − | {{Term|THEORY | + | {{Term|THEORY|Hypothesis, or a concept that is not yet verified but that if true would explain certain facts or phenomena. A theory gives a detailed explanation of the behavior of a physical system based on experiments. It is a supposition of ideas explaining something, especially one based on general principles independent on the particular things to be explained. A theory is not necessarily based on facts; in other words, it is not required to be consistent with true descriptions of reality. <ref> [http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn], [http://www.amnh.org www.amnh.org], [http://www.yukoncollege.yk.ca www.yukoncollege.yk.ca], [http://en.wikipedia.org en.wikipedia.org] (23 July 2008) </ref>}} |
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| Hypothesis, or a concept that is not yet verified but that if true would explain certain facts or phenomena. A theory gives a detailed explanation of the behavior of a physical system based on experiments. It is a supposition of ideas explaining something, especially one based on general principles independent on the particular things to be explained. A theory is not necessarily based on facts; in other words, it is not required to be consistent with true descriptions of reality. [1] |
References
- ↑ wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn, www.amnh.org, www.yukoncollege.yk.ca, en.wikipedia.org (23 July 2008)