SCIENTIFIC THEORY as NOUN

1. Meaning
   • a theory that explains scientific observations
   Usage Example(s)
   • scientific theories must be falsifiable
   Hypernyms(s) scientific theory is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • theory (what does theory mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • big-bang theory (what does big-bang theory mean?)
   • big bang theory (what does big bang theory mean?)
   • nebular hypothesis (what does nebular hypothesis mean?)
   • planetesimal hypothesis (what does planetesimal hypothesis mean?)
   • theory of gravitation (what does theory of gravitation mean?)
   • theory of gravity (what does theory of gravity mean?)
   • gravitational theory (what does gravitational theory mean?)
   • Newton’s theory of gravitation (what does Newton’s theory of gravitation mean?)
   • organicism (what does organicism mean?)
   • atomic theory (what does atomic theory mean?)
   • cell theory (what does cell theory mean?)
   • cell doctrine (what does cell doctrine mean?)
   • wave theory (what does wave theory mean?)
   • undulatory theory (what does undulatory theory mean?)
   • wave theory of light (what does wave theory of light mean?)
   • corpuscular theory (what does corpuscular theory mean?)
   • corpuscular theory of light (what does corpuscular theory of light mean?)
   • kinetic theory (what does kinetic theory mean?)
   • kinetic theory of gases (what does kinetic theory of gases mean?)
   • relativity (what does relativity mean?)
   • theory of relativity (what does theory of relativity mean?)
   • relativity theory (what does relativity theory mean?)
   • Einstein’s theory of relativity (what does Einstein’s theory of relativity mean?)
   • supersymmetry (what does supersymmetry mean?)
   • quantum theory (what does quantum theory mean?)
   • uncertainty principle (what does uncertainty principle mean?)
   • indeterminacy principle (what does indeterminacy principle mean?)
   • germ theory (what does germ theory mean?)
   • information theory (what does information theory mean?)
   • theory of dissociation (what does theory of dissociation mean?)
   • theory of electrolytic dissociation (what does theory of electrolytic dissociation mean?)
   • Arrhenius theory of dissociation (what does Arrhenius theory of dissociation mean?)
   • theory of evolution (what does theory of evolution mean?)
   • theory of organic evolution (what does theory of organic evolution mean?)
   • theory of indicators (what does theory of indicators mean?)
   • Ostwald’s theory of indicators (what does Ostwald’s theory of indicators mean?)
   • theory of inheritance (what does theory of inheritance mean?)
   • associationism (what does associationism mean?)
   • association theory (what does association theory mean?)
   • atomism (what does atomism mean?)
   • functionalism (what does functionalism mean?)
   • Gestalt psychology (what does Gestalt psychology mean?)
   • configurationism (what does configurationism mean?)
   • game theory (what does game theory mean?)
   • theory of games (what does theory of games mean?)