existing theory
collocation in Englishmeaningsofexistingandtheory
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existing
adjective[before noun]
uk/ɪɡˈzɪs.tɪŋ/us/ɪɡˈzɪs.tɪŋ/
used to refer to something that ...
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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 ofexistingandtheoryfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Noexistingtheoryaddresses this directly.
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Existingtheorywas not very convincing in explaining the difference.
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Other times, they modify anexistingtheoryfor illustrative purposes.
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Noexistingtheoryhas been developed for such a limit.
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Two generalizations of theexistingtheoryof the collision integral are discussed in this paper.
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This paper is more than a survey of anexistingtheory.
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This involves a major generalization ofexistingtheorythat we do not attempt here.
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Existingtheorycan and should guide questions about both the design and the analysis of experiments.
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A great strength of the book is its conversation withexistingtheory.
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The main difference is that communicating processes are presented as a natural extension of theexistingtheoryof automata.
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However, he does not explain that limit, whereas anexistingtheorydoes offer an explanation for capacity limitations.
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We have used the method to extend theexistingtheoryto consider an arbitrary number of loci under balancing selection.
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Where does the empirically-generated theory fit in relation toexistingtheoryand beliefs in the field?
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Theexistingtheorypresumes time separability, but our evidence, as well as that in previous empirical literature, supports non-time-separability of preferences.
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The authors take credit, not for producing a new analytical framework, but rather for applying anexistingtheoryto a different question.
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We add toexistingtheoryby developing a framework within which to examine the role of external finance in the finance-growth relationship.
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Generally speaking, the basic features of these oscillations are the same as found in the incompressiblelayer and are in agreement with theexistingtheory.
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Theexistingtheoryof hitch-hiking suggests that it is a process that leads to uniformity and homogeneity at neutral loci.
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This reformulation will be of great importance to those who are attempting to attain inertial confinement fusion by clarifying and extending theexistingtheory.
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Now, when we have specified our hypothesis spaces, we can look for anexistingtheorythat provides the corresponding error bounds.
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Indeed, incoming data are used to formulate theory, or are meticulously played againstexistingtheoryand used to replace, extend, or modify it.
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It has been demonstrated that within control theoretic approach a kinematic theory of mobile manipulators can be reconstructed in full compliance with theexistingtheoryof stationary manipulators.
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The analysis begins with the observation thatexistingtheorysuggests that democracy has positive and negative effects, which implies that democracy should differentially influence growth in different political contexts.
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The origin of the "torii" is unclear, and noexistingtheoryhas been accepted as valid.
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