theoretical relevance
collocation in Englishmeaningsoftheoreticalandrelevance
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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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relevance
noun[U]
uk/ˈrel.ə.vəns/us/ˈrel.ə.vəns/
the degree to which something is related or useful to what is happening or being ...
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However, beyond thetheoreticalrelevanceof the principles, it is possible that the complexity of the situation may give rise to an insoluble difficulty.
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This case is of immediatetheoreticalrelevancefor establishing the range of possible foot inventories.
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A concluding section points to thetheoreticalrelevanceof the empirical findings in the functional framework sketched above.
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First, victims' appraisals of their maltreatment history havetheoreticalrelevancefrom a developmental psychopathology perspective.
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Yet to be convinced that the group is indeed heterogeneous, the diagnostic andtheoreticalrelevanceof the measures used must be demonstrated.
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A formal-modeling approach to the same subject would claimtheoreticalrelevance(and perhaps policy relevance as well).
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The broadertheoreticalrelevanceof this work lies in its extension of the literature on electoral systems.
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But it is surely a virtue of this work to coherently pursue those ideas, in this way valuably contributing to an assessment of theirtheoreticalrelevanceand implications.
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Because polynomials are among the simplest functions, and because computers can directly evaluate polynomials, this theorem has both practical andtheoreticalrelevance, especially in polynomial interpolation.
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If the project is exploratory or descriptive work, the grant writer should explain the intrinsic value of doing this kind of research and thetheoreticalrelevance.
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