English-French translations for theory

théorie
En théorie, il n'y a rien à y redire. In theory, it cannot be faulted. Aujourd’hui, nous passons de la théorie à la pratique. Today we are moving from theory to practice. C'est une théorie, et elle est à mille lieues d'être prouvée. It is a theory and a very long way from proof.

A description of an event or system that is considered to be accurate
A coherent statement or set of ideas that explains observed facts or phenomena and correctly predicts new facts or phenomena not previously observed, or which sets out the laws and principles of something known or observed; a hypothesis confirmed by observation, experiment etc.
The underlying principles or methods of a given technical skill, art etc., as opposed to its practice.
A field of study attempting to exhaustively describe a particular class of constructs.
A hypothesis or conjecture.
A set of axioms together with all statements derivable from them; ''or'', a set of statements which are . ''Equivalently,'a formal language plus a set of axioms . The statements may be required to all be bound (''i.e.'', to have no free variables

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