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Webster 1913 Edition

Theoretical

{

Theˊo-ret′ic

,

Theˊo-ret′ic-al

, }

Adj.

[Gr. [GREEK]: cf. L.

theoreticus

, F.

théorétique

.]

Pertaining to theory; depending on, or confined to, theory or speculation; speculative; terminating in theory or speculation: not practical;

as,

theoretical

learning;

theoretic

sciences.

–

Theˊo-ret′ic-al-ly

,

adv.

Definition 2024

theoretical

theoretical

English

Adjective

theoretical ‎(comparative more theoretical, superlative most theoretical)

Of or relating to theory; abstract; not empirical.

Derived terms

Coordinate terms

practical

Translations

of or relating to theory

Asturian: teóricu
Belarusian: акадэмі́чны m ‎(akademíčny)
Catalan: teòric
Czech: teoretický m
Dutch: theoretisch (nl)
Esperanto: teoria (eo)
Faroese: ástøðiligur
Finnish: teoreettinen (fi)
French: théorique (fr)
Galician: teórico
German: theoretisch (de)
Greek: θεωρητικός (el) m ‎(theoritikós)
Hindi: इल्मी ‎(ilmī), सैद्धांतिक (hi) ‎(saiddhāntik), सैद्धान्तिक (hi) ‎(saiddhāntik)
Hungarian: elméleti (hu)
Ido: teoriala (io)
Irish: teoiriciúil
Italian: teorico (it)
Latin: doctrinalis m, f, doctrinale n

Macedonian: теоретски m ‎(teorétski)
Norwegian:

Bokmål: teoretisk (no)

Nynorsk: teoretisk
Persian: تئوریک (fa) ‎(teorik)
Polish: teoretyczny (pl) m
Portuguese: teórico (pt)
Romanian: teoretic (ro), teoric (dated)
Russian: теорети́ческий (ru) ‎(teoretíčeskij), академи́чный (ru) m ‎(akademíčnyj)
Serbo-Croatian:
Slovene: teorétičen
Spanish: teórico (es)
Swedish: teoretisk (sv)
Turkish: teorik (tr), kuramsal (tr)
Ukrainian: теорети́чний m ‎(teoretýčnyj)
Urdu: علمی (ur)
Volapük: teorik (vo), teorodik