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[ adverb ] according to the assumed facts
Examples "on paper the candidate seems promising" Used in print (Richard F. McLaughlin, et al., "A study of the...)Theoretically , they are capable of extracting their required oxygen either from the surrounding air ( Ghoreyeb and Karsner , ' 13 ) or from pulmonary arterial blood ( Comroe , ' 58 ) . (Brand Blanshard, "The Emotive Theory," Robert...)This way of escape is theoretically possible , but since it has grave difficulties of its own and has not , so_far_as I know , been urged by positivists , it is perhaps best not to spend time over it . |
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[ adverb ] in a theoretical manner
Examples "he worked the problem out theoretically" Used in print (Jay C. Harris and John R. Van Wazer, "Detergent...)This is a theoretically complicated dipole interaction which causes any extremely small uncharged particle to agglomerate with other small uncharged particles , or to stick_to an uncharged surface . Related terms |
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