English-Italian translations for theory

teoriaTutto ciò sta in piedi naturalmente ma solo in teoria. This is all very well in theory. E' una teoria e ben lungi dall'essere una prova. It is a theory and a very long way from proof. Fino a questo punto siamo tutti d'accordo, ma questo avviene in teoria. So far, so good, as far as the theory goes.

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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