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physical theory [′fiz·ə·kəl ′thē·ə·rē]

(physics)

An attempt to explain a certain class of physical phenomena by deducing them as necessary consequences of some primitive assumptions.

Physical theory

A physical theory usually involves the attempt to explain a certain class of physical phenomena by deducing them as necessary consequences of other phenomena regarded as more primitive and less in need of explanation. The value of a theory depends on both the success with which it coordinates a wide range of presently known facts and its fertility in suggesting places to look for presently unknown phenomena.

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