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Definition of Scientific theory
1. Noun. A theory that explains scientific observations. "Scientific theories must be falsifiable"
Generic synonyms: Theory
Group relationships: Science, Scientific Discipline
Lexicographical Neighbors of Scientific Theory
Literary usage of Scientific theory
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General by Thomas Spencer Baynes (1888)
"... toward a doctrine, and it is not until we come to St Augustine that we can
find а strict and scientific theory of the nature and ..."
2. A History of the Warfare of Science with Theology in Christendom by Andrew Dickson White (1896)
"... producing bodily ills appeared at an early period, there also came the first
beginnings, so far as we know, of a really scientific theory of medicine. ..."
3. A History of the Warfare of Science with Theology in Christendom by Andrew Dickson White (1897)
"... producing bodily ills appeared at an early period, there also came the first
beginnings, so far as we know, of a really scientific theory of medicine. ..."
4. A History of the warfare of science with theology in Christendom v. 1 by Andrew Dickson White (1901)
"... producing bodily ills appeared at an early period, there also came the first
beginnings, so far as we know, of a really scientific theory of medicine. ..."
5. A History of the Warfare of Science with Theology in Christendom by Andrew Dickson White (1896)
"... producing bodily ills appeared at an early period, there also came the first
beginnings, so far as we know, of a really scientific theory of medicine. ..."
6. The Monist by Hegeler Institute (1891)
"The scientific theory of Universals, the author tells us, receives "no adequate
exposition " in this book We are in possession, however, of several other ..."
7. Southern Writers: Biographical and Critical Studies by William Malone Baskervill (1896)
"... and Lanier, believing this implicitly, held in reserve his powers of expression
till he could formulate a scientific theory of the art of versification. ..."
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