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- nouns - Difference between theorem and theory - English Language . . .
What is the difference between a theorem and a theory? The two words seem to be used to describe very similar things, but yet do not seem to be interchangeable For example, we have Pythagoras' th
- Word for theories that can neither be proven nor disproven . . .
I may have this a bit wrong, but in the case of entanglement, first thought to be untestable, Bell's theorem provided an experimental scenario, recently applied
- Single word for something that is not yet a fact but very close?
1 Single word requests require an example phrase 2 Have you tried looking up "hypothesis" in a thesaurus? Were any of the words any good? Please include your research 3 Something which people "think is true" is a "belief" I suspect this isn't the word you're looking for, but it may also be worth trying in a thesaurus
- Capital letters in Theorem, Conjecture etc [duplicate]
The physics journals I publish in differ regarding the use of capital letters Some insist on using Equation, Figure, etc when referring to a numbered equation or figure However, they would not typically require capital letters when talking about an equation in general, such as in "We solve the equation of motions"
- grammatical number - What is the formal plural of the word theorem . . .
The word theorem comes from late Latin theōrēma and the Greek θεώρημα If one wanted a plural form other than theorems that reflected its etymology, what would it be? I understand the standard pl
- Is there any consensus on the capitalization of theories?
Should the name of theories be capitalized? Does this depend on convention, the particular theory itself, or whether or not it contains a proper name? I appreciate any input, thank you!
- it has proved or it has been proved [duplicate]
The relevant usages of the verb prove here are prove [verb] [transitive verb] 1a: to establish the existence, truth, or validity of (as by evidence or logic) prove a theorem the charges were never proved in court [it was proved that smoking damages health] [intransitive verb]: to turn out especially after trial or test the new drug proved effective [Merriam-Webster; amended] So the second
- single word requests - The quality of being at a specific one of two . . .
Note that it is not a necessity for me to speak of "starting" and "ending"; another pair of words could be used, such as "first" and "last" I just have not been able to find such a pair of words and a single word that can act as the collective term for both of those words
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