theoretical
[thee-uh-ret-i-kuh l]
adjective
Often the·o·ret·ic.
Origin of theoretical
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abstract, academic, analytical, assumed, conjectural, contingent, general, hypothetic, hypothetical, ideal, imaginative, impractical, intellectual, logical, metaphysical, notional, pedantic, philosophical, problematical, pureExamples from the Web for theoretic
Historical Examples of theoretic
Speculative or theoretic knowledge is divided into abstract and concrete.
Critical Miscellanies (Vol. 3 of 3)John Morley
Up to the present the knowledge that she possessed it had been theoretic only.
The Letter of the ContractBasil King
Its own theoretic level, or at least the quest for a theory, is discarded as frivolous.
The Civilization of IlliteracyMihai Nadin
This theoretic inference is completely verified by experiment.
Fragments of science, V. 1-2John Tyndall
These theoretic subtleties were unintelligible to the people of France.
Lectures on the French RevolutionJohn Emerich Edward Dalberg-Acton
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theoretical
[thē′ə-rĕt′ĭ-kəl]
adj.
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