Theoretical
adjective
Related to an explanation that has not been proven in practice.
The scientist explains his theory, but it still remains theoretical until it's tested in a lab.
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Academic
adjective
Based on abstract reasoning without practical application.
While his ideas sound practical, they are still theoretical and we have not tested them out.
adjective
Used in academic studies and not in everyday life or work.
He has a theoretical knowledge of programming but lacks any hands-on experience in the field.
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Educational
adjective
Related to an explanation that has not been proven in practice.
The scientist explains his theory, but it still remains theoretical until it's tested in a lab.
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Academic
adjective
Based on abstract reasoning without practical application.
While his ideas sound practical, they are still theoretical and we have not tested them out.
adjective
Used in academic studies and not in everyday life or work.
He has a theoretical knowledge of programming but lacks any hands-on experience in the field.
Usage tips
Educational
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Pro Tip 1/3Proven in Practice
The term underscores that a concept awaits real-world testing or evidence.
Your strategy is theoretically sound, but we need to see it work in the field.
Pro Tip 2/3Transition Stage
Implies ideas are between hypothesis and practical reality, yet unconfirmed.
His design is merely theoretical at this stage and needs to undergo rigorous testing.
Pro Tip 3/3Experimental Association
Often used when discussing ideas that will later be tested experimentally.
Researchers discussed the theoretical framework before proceeding to the experiment.
Pro Tip 1/3Proven in Practice
The term underscores that a concept awaits real-world testing or evidence.
Your strategy is theoretically sound, but we need to see it work in the field.
Pro Tip 2/3Transition Stage
Implies ideas are between hypothesis and practical reality, yet unconfirmed.
His design is merely theoretical at this stage and needs to undergo rigorous testing.
Pro Tip 3/3Experimental Association
Often used when discussing ideas that will later be tested experimentally.
Researchers discussed the theoretical framework before proceeding to the experiment.
Pro Tip 1/3Proven in Practice
The term underscores that a concept awaits real-world testing or evidence.
Your strategy is theoretically sound, but we need to see it work in the field.
Pro Tip 2/3Transition Stage
Implies ideas are between hypothesis and practical reality, yet unconfirmed.
His design is merely theoretical at this stage and needs to undergo rigorous testing.
Pro Tip 3/3Experimental Association
Often used when discussing ideas that will later be tested experimentally.
Researchers discussed the theoretical framework before proceeding to the experiment.
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What can Schrödinger's...
How is this possible? How is it that the states of cats on opposite sides of the universe can be entangled in this way? They're too far away to communicate with each other in time, so how do the two bombs always conspire such that one blows up and the other doesn't? You might be thinking, "This is just some theoretical mumbo jumbo.
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Can robots be creative?...
that the result might pass the Lovelace Test. More importantly, thanks to the presence of human aesthetic in the process, we'll theoretically generate melodies we would consider beautiful. But does this satisfy our intuition for what is truly creative? Is it enough to make something original and beautiful,
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The paradox of value -...
we'd theoretically decide to invest in choices only to the point they're useful or enjoyable. Of course, how effectively any of us manage to maximize utility in real life is another matter. But it helps to remember that the ultimate source of value comes from us, the needs we share, the things we enjoy,
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Could we create dark...
this bump could have appeared by a statistical fluke. So back to the dark matter. If the LHC's proton beams have enough energy to produce it, that's probably an even rarer occurrence than the Higgs boson. So it takes quadrillions of collisions combined with theoretical models to even start to look.
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What does an alien look...
of extreme file so this is a type of life that can survive in and might even actually require these kind of extreme conditions but how do we go about studying this weird theoretical Martian life well I look at the only life we have an example of life on Earth and
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The last banana: A...
the frequency of a specific outcome, like a player two win, will approach its theoretical probability, that value we got by writing down all the possibilities and counting up the ones for each outcome. So, if you sat on that desert island playing dice forever,
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John Graham-Cumming: The...
Now, of course, Babbage's machine was entirely mechanical. Turing's machine was entirely theoretical. Both of these guys were coming from a mathematical perspective, but Turing told us something very important. He laid down the mathematical foundations
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Sticky Gecko Feet PIPE...
to measure the sticking power of one single hair from it and to do that you needed the techniques borrowed from the most advanced physics like these the results were astonishing they discovered that theoretically a gecko walking
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Is math discovered or...
existing whether we find its truths or not? Are numbers, polygons and equations truly real, or merely ethereal representations of some theoretical ideal? The independent reality of math has some ancient advocates.
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Uranus 101 PIPE National...
approximately the length of a human's entire life. This orbit causes each season of Uranus to last that much longer. Theoretically, a human living on Uranus would experience the four seasons only once,
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What can Schrödinger's...
How is this possible? How is it that the states of cats on opposite sides of the universe can be entangled in this way? They're too far away to communicate with each other in time, so how do the two bombs always conspire such that one blows up and the other doesn't? You might be thinking, "This is just some theoretical mumbo jumbo.
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Can robots be creative?...
that the result might pass the Lovelace Test. More importantly, thanks to the presence of human aesthetic in the process, we'll theoretically generate melodies we would consider beautiful. But does this satisfy our intuition for what is truly creative? Is it enough to make something original and beautiful,
Video examples
The paradox of value -...
we'd theoretically decide to invest in choices only to the point they're useful or enjoyable. Of course, how effectively any of us manage to maximize utility in real life is another matter. But it helps to remember that the ultimate source of value comes from us, the needs we share, the things we enjoy,
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Could we create dark...
this bump could have appeared by a statistical fluke. So back to the dark matter. If the LHC's proton beams have enough energy to produce it, that's probably an even rarer occurrence than the Higgs boson. So it takes quadrillions of collisions combined with theoretical models to even start to look.
Video examples
What does an alien look...
of extreme file so this is a type of life that can survive in and might even actually require these kind of extreme conditions but how do we go about studying this weird theoretical Martian life well I look at the only life we have an example of life on Earth and
Video examples
The last banana: A...
the frequency of a specific outcome, like a player two win, will approach its theoretical probability, that value we got by writing down all the possibilities and counting up the ones for each outcome. So, if you sat on that desert island playing dice forever,
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John Graham-Cumming: The...
Now, of course, Babbage's machine was entirely mechanical. Turing's machine was entirely theoretical. Both of these guys were coming from a mathematical perspective, but Turing told us something very important. He laid down the mathematical foundations
Video examples
Sticky Gecko Feet PIPE...
to measure the sticking power of one single hair from it and to do that you needed the techniques borrowed from the most advanced physics like these the results were astonishing they discovered that theoretically a gecko walking
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Is math discovered or...
existing whether we find its truths or not? Are numbers, polygons and equations truly real, or merely ethereal representations of some theoretical ideal? The independent reality of math has some ancient advocates.
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Uranus 101 PIPE National...
approximately the length of a human's entire life. This orbit causes each season of Uranus to last that much longer. Theoretically, a human living on Uranus would experience the four seasons only once,
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Michio Kaku
American Physicist
I vowed to myself that when I grew up and became a theoretical physicist, in addition to doing research, I would write books that I would have liked to have read as a child. So whenever I write, I imagine myself, as a youth, reading my books, being thrilled by the incredible advances being made in physics and science.
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Hans Adolf Krebs
German Physicist
The research I have been doing - studying how foodstuffs yield energy in living cells - does not lead to the kind of knowledge that can be expected to give immediate practical benefits to mankind. If I have chosen this field of study, it was because I believed in its importance in spite of its theoretical character.
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Lisa Randall
American Physicist
What I do is very theoretical. It won't necessarily have implications for anything anyone is doing tomorrow, yet you know that there's a sense of progress in science, and as we understand more, it just turns out that, somehow, the world evolves with us.
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Alexandra Petri
American Journalist
Any promising young white man rich enough to theoretically afford a giant oil painting of himself gets to remain young and innocent forever, and none of his actions have any consequences, whether there is magic involved or not.
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Rakesh Sharma
Indian Astronaut
Theoretically, there are planets with an environment that can support life. As yet there is no evidence that there indeed is life on other planets. It's only a matter of time before we get to know.
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Bertrand Russell
British Philosopher
The theoretical understanding of the world, which is the aim of philosophy, is not a matter of great practical importance to animals, or to savages, or even to most civilised men.
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Salman Rushdie
Indian Novelist
When I'm writing a book, sentence by sentence, I'm not thinking theoretically. I'm just trying to work out the story from inside the characters I've got.
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Carl Jung
Swiss Psychologist
Everyone knows nowadays that people 'have complexes'. What is not so well known, though far more important theoretically, is that complexes can have us.
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Adam Pascal
American Actor
I've always really been into science, and in the last five years I've gotten into theoretical physics and the origins of the universe.
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Esther McVey
British Politician
Life is not a theoretical problem to be solved in class.
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Michio Kaku
American Physicist
I vowed to myself that when I grew up and became a theoretical physicist, in addition to doing research, I would write books that I would have liked to have read as a child. So whenever I write, I imagine myself, as a youth, reading my books, being thrilled by the incredible advances being made in physics and science.
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Hans Adolf Krebs
German Physicist
The research I have been doing - studying how foodstuffs yield energy in living cells - does not lead to the kind of knowledge that can be expected to give immediate practical benefits to mankind. If I have chosen this field of study, it was because I believed in its importance in spite of its theoretical character.
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Lisa Randall
American Physicist
What I do is very theoretical. It won't necessarily have implications for anything anyone is doing tomorrow, yet you know that there's a sense of progress in science, and as we understand more, it just turns out that, somehow, the world evolves with us.
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Alexandra Petri
American Journalist
Any promising young white man rich enough to theoretically afford a giant oil painting of himself gets to remain young and innocent forever, and none of his actions have any consequences, whether there is magic involved or not.
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Rakesh Sharma
Indian Astronaut
Theoretically, there are planets with an environment that can support life. As yet there is no evidence that there indeed is life on other planets. It's only a matter of time before we get to know.
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Bertrand Russell
British Philosopher
The theoretical understanding of the world, which is the aim of philosophy, is not a matter of great practical importance to animals, or to savages, or even to most civilised men.
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Salman Rushdie
Indian Novelist
When I'm writing a book, sentence by sentence, I'm not thinking theoretically. I'm just trying to work out the story from inside the characters I've got.
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Carl Jung
Swiss Psychologist
Everyone knows nowadays that people 'have complexes'. What is not so well known, though far more important theoretically, is that complexes can have us.
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Adam Pascal
American Actor
I've always really been into science, and in the last five years I've gotten into theoretical physics and the origins of the universe.
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Esther McVey
British Politician
Life is not a theoretical problem to be solved in class.
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