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Noun scientific theory has 1 sense
- scientific theory - a theory that explains scientific observations; "scientific theories must be falsifiable"
--1 is a kind of theory
--1 is a part of science, scientific discipline
--1 has particulars: | big-bang theory, big bang theory; nebular hypothesis; planetesimal hypothesis; 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; theory of indicators, Ostwald's theory of indicators; theory of inheritance; associationism, association theory; atomism; functionalism; Gestalt psychology, configurationism; game theory, theory of games |
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