#scientific_theory  a theory that explains scientific observations; "scientific theories must be falsifiable"
  supertype:  #theory  a well-substantiated explanation of some aspect of the natural world; an organized system of accepted knowledge that applies in a variety of circumstances to explain a specific set of phenomena; "theories can incorporate facts and laws and tested hypotheses"; "true in fact and theory"
  subtype:  #big-bang_theory  #nebular_hypothesis  #planetesimal_hypothesis  #Newton's_theory_of_gravitation  #organicism  #atomic_theory  #atomic_theory.scientific_theory  #cell_theory {#wave_theory_of_light #corpuscular_theory_of_light}  #kinetic_theory_of_gases  #Einstein's_theory_of_relativity  #supersymmetry  #quantum_theory  #uncertainty_principle  #germ_theory  #information_theory  #Arrhenius_theory_of_dissociation  #theory_of_evolution  #Ostwald's_theory_of_indicators  #theory_of_inheritance  #game_theory
  part of:  #scientific_discipline__science  a particular branch of scientific knowledge; "the science of genetics"
     part of:  #scientific_knowledge  knowledge accumulated by systematic study and organized by general principles; "mathematics is the basis for much scientific knowledge"

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