• n.
    ⦿a well-substantiated explanation of some aspect of the natural world; an organized system of accepted knowledge that applies in a variety of circumstances to explain a specific set of phenomena
    lexical concept
  • theories can incorporate facts and laws and tested hypotheses
  • true in fact and theory

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wn:part of speechnoun
wn:interlingual indexili:i68297

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dc:Subjectnoun.cognition
skos:is in schemeOpen English WordNet
rdfs:labeltheory