scientific theory

Noun scientific theory has 1 sense

• scientific theory(n = noun.cognition) - a theory that explains scientific observations; "scientific theories must be falsifiable"
has particulars: big-bang theory, big bang theory, nebular hypothesis, planetesimal hypothesis, continuous creation theory, steady state theory, gravitational theory, newton's theory of gravitation, theory of gravitation, theory of gravity, organicism, atomic theory, cell doctrine, cell theory, undulatory theory, wave theory, wave theory of light, corpuscular theory, corpuscular theory of light, kinetic theory, kinetic theory of gases, einstein's theory of relativity, relativity, relativity theory, theory of relativity, supersymmetry, quantum theory, indeterminacy principle, uncertainty principle, germ theory, information theory, arrhenius theory of dissociation, theory of dissociation, theory of electrolytic dissociation, evolutionism, theory of evolution, theory of organic evolution, ostwald's theory of indicators, theory of indicators, theory of inheritance, association theory, associationism, atomism, functionalism, configurationism, gestalt psychology, game theory, theory of games
is a kind of theory
is a part of science, scientific discipline