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Definition of Theoretical account
1. Noun. A hypothetical description of a complex entity or process. "The computer program was based on a model of the circulatory and respiratory systems"
Specialized synonyms: Computer Simulation, Simulation, Mean Sun, Copernican System, Ptolemaic System, M-theory, String Theory, Stochastic Process
Generic synonyms: Hypothesis, Possibility, Theory
Derivative terms: Model, Model
Lexicographical Neighbors of Theoretical Account
Literary usage of Theoretical account
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Psychology, General Introduction by Charles Hubbard Judd (1917)
"It is a striking example of the fact that art may outstrip science, that it is
not yet possible to give any complete theoretical account of the prose ..."
2. Psychology, General Introduction by Charles Hubbard Judd (1917)
"It is a striking example of the fact that art may outstrip science, that it is
not yet possible to give any complete theoretical account of the prose ..."
3. Psychology, General Introduction by Charles Hubbard Judd (1917)
"It is a striking example of the fact that art may outstrip science, that it is
not yet possible to give any complete theoretical account of the prose ..."
4. Psychology: General Introduction by Charles Hubbard Judd (1907)
"It is a striking example of the fact that art may outstrip science, that it is
not yet possible to give any complete theoretical account of the prose ..."
5. Psychology: General Introduction by Charles Hubbard Judd (1907)
"... any complete theoretical account of the prose rhythms of the best writers.
Evidently those who have contributed the great works to literature have ..."
6. Psychology: General Introduction by Charles Hubbard Judd (1907)
"It is a striking example of the fact that art may outstrip science, that it is
not yet possible to give any complete theoretical account of the prose ..."
7. Harvard Psychological Studies by Harvard Psychological Laboratory (1906)
"Appearances no less contradictory than these are what we must face in carrying
a theoretical account to completion. The following propositions with appended ..."