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• a  concerned primarily with theories or hypotheses rather than practical considerations
  theoretical science
• a  concerned with theories rather than their practical applications
  theoretical physics

• Even those who don't really understand it--which is to say, just about everyone--know that it's the hottest thing in theoretical physics.
• Less theoretical waves have been created by journalists who have stirred public anxiety with dire warnings of imminent eruptions and underwater landslides that could set off .
• Obama captured 48% of the vote in the theoretical match-up against McCain's 41%, the PTI poll reported, while Clinton and McCain would deadlock at 46% of the vote each.

• theoretic

• empirical
• applied

News & Articles

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• Villanova awards Mendel Medal to theoretical physicist, Sylvester Gates, Jr.
  Press release from Villanova University Villanova University Awards 2013 Mendel Medal to Renowned Theoretical Physicist,
  June 12, 2013 - Main Line Suburban Life
• Muons on the Move [Brookhaven Bits & Bytes]
  Big science is a massively collaborative endeavor. From the initial theoretical puzzles to the brilliant engineers that build on-of-a-kind machinery, experts come together to make discoveries happen. Case in point: We’re moving this 50-foot-wide physics experiment over 3,200 miles of land, sea, and river, starting on Long Island, NY and ending in Batavia, IL. Sometimes understanding…
  June 11, 2013 - ScienceBlogs
• iOS 7 apps to require permission for microphone access
  iOS 7 apps will have to ask user permission before tapping into a microphone, users of the developer beta say. Short of a theoretical backdoor, the barrier should prevent apps from recording a person without their consent. If it follows in the steps of Apple's normal approach to privacy, users should only be asked once per app....        
  June 11, 2013 - MacNN

Quotes

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• Barney Frank in USA Today
  The question for me has become much less about the theoretical and much more about the practical. And so to put it in very practical terms, handling this financial crisis while strengthening the central services such as education and public safety... Michael Bloomberg http://www.google.com/url?q=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Bloomberg&source=dictionary&usg=AFQjCNF0yS62k8BJaV-YE-tVY5NKrA5nbA Otago Daily Times http://www.google.com/url?q=http://www.odt.co.nz/news/world/25456/new-york-mayor-will-seek-third-term&source=dictionary&usg=AFQjCNFjI5T1GshO6PWJtqYH89bPixONGw Oct 2, 2008 99391 131944 theoretical There's a theoretical danger," said Frank.
• Kevin De Cock in GMA news.tv
  This is only a theoretical exercise,said Dr. Kevin De Cock, director of WHO's HIV/AIDS department.