theoretical assumption
collocation in Englishmeaningsoftheoreticalandassumption
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theoretical
adjective
uk/θɪəˈret.ɪ.kəl/us/ˌθiː.əˈret̬.kəl/
based on the ideas that relate to a subject, not the practical uses of ...
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assumption
noun
uk/əˈsʌmp.ʃən/us/əˈsʌmp.ʃən/
something that you accept as true without question ...
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As with many other so-called empirical arguments we need a further (hitherto not introduced)theoreticalassumption, namely that traces block cliticization.
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The basis for this affirmation comes not just from the statistical evidence but also, as previously mentioned, from atheoreticalassumption.
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Specifically, our findings confirm our initialtheoreticalassumptionthat the predictors of use of these fundamentally distinct service networks are not the same.
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However, the difficulty becomes the generation of a reliable equation of motion whose formulation bytheoreticalassumptionhas to be verified by experimental simulations.
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This fact, although not clearly stated, corresponds to thetheoreticalassumptionabout the simple chain, which was the reason for performing the last calculation.
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However, in addition to these practical problems, there is also thetheoreticalassumptionthat the mapping between neural structure and function remains constant during development.
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The second majortheoreticalassumptionis that tones are composed of two nodes, the register node and the contour node, where the contour node has at most two branches.
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It was stated in the debate that on a purelytheoreticalassumptionthe coal problem does not exist.
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I must not fall into the purelytheoreticalassumptionthat the problem of the legislative programme does not exist.
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Even under that extremetheoreticalassumption, however, it is difficult to imagine what cognitive inhibition would realistically have prevented people from using.
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Thetheoreticalassumptionof mathematical "optimization" by agents markets is replaced by the less restrictive postulate of agents with "bounded" rationality "adapting" to market forces.
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It is based on thetheoreticalassumptionthat every organismwhether a single cell or multicellularis continually engaged in systematic acts of cognition coupled with intentional behaviors, i.e., a sensory-motor coupling.
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Given the theoretical assumptions described earlier, this suggests that null objects are not instances of topic-drop.
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The chapters represent the main theoretical assumptions and approaches of the field of child language.
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Theoretical assumptions have been verified experimentally on a two-joint robot manipulator.
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Proceeding on the basis of different theoretical assumptions and experimental practices, the two groups developed a therapeutic serum almost simultaneously.
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Chapter 2 contains a large number of theoretical assumptions and hypotheses.
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They may also result from the editors' goal that the language descriptions should be as far as possible stripped of theoretical assumptions.
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