Theoretical

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Theoretic \The`o*ret"ic\, Theoretical \The`o*ret"ic*al\, a. [Gr.
     ?: cf. L. theoreticus, F. th['e]or['e]tique.]
     Pertaining to theory; depending on, or confined to, theory or
     speculation; speculative; terminating in theory or
     speculation: not practical; as, theoretical learning;
     theoretic sciences. -- {The`o*ret"ic*al*ly}, adv.


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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  theoretical
       adj 1: concerned primarily with theories or hypotheses rather than
              practical considerations; "theoretical science" [syn:
              {theoretic}] [ant: {empirical}]
       2: concerned with theories rather than their practical
          applications; "theoretical physics" [ant: {applied}]
       3: based on specialized theory; "a theoretical analysis" [syn:
          {abstract}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  31 Moby Thesaurus words for "theoretical":
     abstract, academic, analytical, armchair, closet, conceptual,
     conjectural, debatable, fanciful, hypothetic, hypothetical, ideal,
     idealized, ideational, ideological, impractical, moot, notional,
     postulatory, problematical, pure, putative, speculative,
     suppositional, supposititious, transcendent, transcendental,
     unproved, unproven, unrealistic, untested