abstract theory

collocation in English

meaningsofabstractandtheory

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abstract
adjective
uk
/ˈæb.strækt/us
/ˈæb.strækt/
existing as an idea, feeling, or quality, not as a ...
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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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(Definition ofabstractandtheoryfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Incompressible dynamics provide an interesting test of theabstracttheory.
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However, theabstracttheoryconcentrates on understanding mathematical structures rather than exposing applications in solving differential equations.
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These assumptions are the result of an incomplete appreciation of generative syntax as anabstracttheory.
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While theabstracttheorygiven there applies, in principle, in any dimension, the applications given are to interval maps.
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In this way, she makes a relativelyabstracttheoryaccessible to those without a background in phonology.
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Once theabstracttheoryis developed, in the subsequent sections, we study particular cases of this construction.
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And it is natural that in the for mal respect the moreabstracttheoryis always simpler.
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Empirical study can reveal tensions and subtleties of influence among ideas and practices that seem straightforward and unproblematic at the level ofabstracttheory.
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An important insight of biomedical ethics is thatabstracttheorydoesn't often matter very much at the decisionmaking level.
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Another method, which can be applied whenever theabstracttheoryhas been instantiated to some concrete specification frame, is of course to construct pushouts.
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On the basis of the empirical chapters, they attempt to construct anabstracttheoryof the benefits and costs of local collective action.
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Warm hearts allied with cool heads seek a middle way between the extremes ofabstracttheoryand personal impulse.
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He was bored byabstracttheoryand the two areas of this which interested me most, the philosophy of history, and political thought, left him cold.
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Of all the centuries of recent history, the seventeenth is by far the poorest in technical inventions, and its natural science comprises the purest, mostabstracttheory.
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Hence, in response to the declining relevance ofabstracttheory, consensus formation has garnered increasing attention.
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That summit seemed suddenly to reveal the possibility that the zero option was no longer anabstracttheory, no longer a negotiating position.
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Anabstracttheoryshould never take precedence over the real needs of real children and their relevance to today's society and real world.
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My remarks are not based uponabstracttheory.
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My reply has nothing to do withabstracttheory.
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