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A scientific theory is an established and experimentally verified fact or collection of facts about the world. Unlike the everyday use of the word theory, it is not an unproved idea, or just some theoretical speculation. The latter meaning of a 'theory' in science is called a hypothesis.
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several related propositions that explain some domain of inquiry. Also called a school or paradigm.
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a step in the scientific method in which a statement is generated on the basis of highly confirmed hypotheses and is used to generalize about conditions not yet tested.
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a general principle that explains or predicts facts or events
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a statement or set of statements used to explain a phenomena. A theory is generally accepted as valid due to having survived repeated testing.
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