classical theory

collocation in English

meaningsofclassicalandtheory

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classical
adjective
uk
/ˈklæs.ɪ.kəl/us
/ˈklæs.ɪ.kəl/
traditional in style or form, or based on methods developed over a long period of time, and considered to be of ...
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theory
noun[C or U]
uk
/ˈθɪə.ri/us
/ˈθɪr.i/
a formal statement of the rules on which a subject of study is based or of ideas that are suggested to explain a fact or event or, more generally, an opinion ...
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Our results confirm theclassicaltheory.
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It is indeed the crowning of theclassicaltheory.
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However, this reform ofclassicaltheoryleads to a radical theoretical innovation.
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Moreover, theclassicaltheoryenables us, at least conceptually, to go to the limit of measurement.
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This is in surprising analogy to theclassicaltheoryof bifinite domains.
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But theclassicaltheoryof probabilities seemed also to fail on its own terms.
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The advantage of this approach is in reconnecting with theclassicaltheoryof countable positive matrices.
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Nevertheless, one can think of this product by the reals as representing a trace of the (underlying)classicaltheory.
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In some field settings, theclassicaltheoryof individual behavior generates empirically confirmed explanatory and diagnostic results.
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The concentration and temperature when such heterogeneous nucleation occurs are often determined by modifying theclassicaltheoryof homogeneous nucleation.
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Classicaltheorysimply does not fit into one of the currently fashionable categories such as act-utilitarianism and rule-utilitarianism.
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In order to avoid divergence difficulties of theclassicaltheory, and associated arbitrary cutoffs, we have used a smooth ion pseudopotential without point nucleus.
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There were the doctrines of the dominant political economy - on the one hand theclassicaltheory, on the other the marginal utility theory.
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Secondly, we want to show that the generalclassicaltheoryof shocks is as valid for this system as it is for the full system.
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With regard to the secondary principles themselves, we must distinguish two types of derivative principle that are attributed toclassicaltheory.
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