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Example sentences for "theoretical"

Lexicographically close words:
theophany; theorbo; theorem; theorems; theoretic; theoretically; theories; theorique; theorise; theorising
  1. In other words, we are working only on the first theoretical step.

  2. His theoretical studies have been received entirely in Cincinnati.

  3. This is not the place to discuss his technicalities, but one must mention the real bravery it took to discard the old practice of a figured bass, and to attack many of the theoretical fetiches without hesitation.

  4. His theoretical tuition was all had in this country.

  5. Her theoretical studies were received entirely at Cleveland, under F.

  6. He put him through such a thorough theoretical training, that at fifteen Sousa was teaching harmony.

  7. This preoccupation does not mean indifference to the theoretical problems of philosophy.

  8. The science of morals is as theoretical as any other branch of philosophy.

  9. Theoretical skepticism is in a small minority of Christendom, and always has been.

  10. There is considerable theoretical unbelief respecting the doctrines of the New Testament; but this is not the principal difficulty.

  11. Theoretical unbelief must be a temporary affair in every man; for it can last only until he dies.

  12. Men should be given a certain amount of theoretical knowledge of preventable diseases.

  13. Men should be given a certain amount of theoretical instruction as to the composition of the armies now on the western front; this in order that they may see the part that grenadiers and bombers are playing in the struggle.

  14. Lavoisier had opened a door to researches which naturally led the way to the establishment of the atomic theory of matter on an experimental, and not merely a theoretical basis.

  15. Thus the "practical reason" leads on to convictions concerning what lies beyond the limits defined by the "theoretical reason.

  16. Great, then, is the actual and practical currency and general recognition of the word; so great that its historical truth, and its theoretical propriety are matters of indifference.

  17. It cannot be denied that each of these is a point of practical as well as theoretical importance.

  18. There is, I believe, a theoretical possibility that sixth-order rays exist.

  19. Dagal's good stuff, but it isn't as good as your purple metal, inoson, which is the theoretical ultimate in strength possible for any material possessing molecular structure.

  20. The temperature, already at the theoretical maximum, can no longer increase.

  21. It was pure heat--under its action matter became hotter and hotter as long as it was applied, the upper limit being only the theoretical maximum of temperature.

  22. The theoretical parity of all bishops, the chief pastor of Rome included, was a principle long jealously asserted.

  23. The roots of these opinions, or prejudices, are easily discoverable in the theoretical study of the nature of monopoly.

  24. The theoretical competitive price is the standard to which things tend constantly to adjust themselves in an open market.

  25. This properly belongs in a complete theoretical treatment of the subject.

  26. In a three-span bridge the theoretical advantage of continuity is about 49% for a dead load and 16% for a live load.

  27. This involves the fewest difficulties of workmanship and perhaps permits the closest approximation of actual to theoretical dimensions of the parts.

  28. The earliest published theoretical investigations of the stresses in bracing bars were perhaps those in the paper by W.

  29. In theoretical science great progress has also been made by such men as Copernicus, Kepler, Newton, Young, Darwin and a host of others.

  30. New and important theoretical views of science have been reached in all departments.

  31. While there was no superior faculty of generalization, this accumulation of scientific facts added greatly to the probability of the theoretical conclusions thence derived.

  32. Perhaps the most promising line of progress is in experimental psychology, the study of the brain and nervous system, the instruments of the mind from the scientific point of view, in distinction from the old, theoretical psychology.

  33. The theoretical phase of this question has gone much further, and has given rise to an extensive popular movement whose final outcome it is not easy to predict.

  34. SQRT(2)--a result which was arrived at by Masson from theoretical considerations.

  35. If, then, we multiply the theoretical efficiencies by 0.

  36. It will be seen that the subject of eutexia embraces many points of practical importance and of theoretical interest.

  37. The success with which Kant had applied his method to the theoretical side of philosophy led him on to extend it to the practical.

  38. Their inquiry is a purely theoretical one, concerned with the ultimate fundamental verities of Ethics; and to a most serious question a serious answer is undoubtedly expected.

  39. But how wide is the difference between this alleged moral law a priori, and our theoretical knowledge a priori of Space, Time, and Causality!

  40. Nor is it within the power of every one to clearly dissociate the purely theoretical search for objective truth, purged of all interest, even of that of morality as practised, from a shameless attack on the heart's sacred convictions.

  41. In a theoretical investigation like the present, I shall not avail myself of the inexcusable trick of shifting the matter on to the reader's conscience.

  42. As malicious joy is in fact theoretical cruelty, so, conversely, cruelty is nothing but malicious joy put into practice; and the latter is sure to show itself in the form of cruelty, directly an opportunity offers.

  43. We recognize this quite abundantly in the laboratory nowadays, but we neglect it enormously in the more theoretical study of a subject.

  44. It is only in the theoretical aspirations of Schopenhauer that he will find an expression of conscious and resolved opposition to the pervading will and purpose in things.

  45. Which is just what our theoretical breeders of humanity cannot venture to do.

  46. Illustration] This is the theoretical view of the case, the practical one is different, as frequently happens.

  47. In these the Apostle seems to gather up all his strength to strike two straight, crashing, final blows, which pulverize and annihilate the theoretical positions and practical precepts of the heretical teachers.

  48. The full, deep knowledge of this manifold and yet one good is no mere theoretical work of the understanding, but is an experience which is only possible to him who enjoys it.

  49. Devoted largely to questions of the practical application of electricity, but dealing also with the theoretical side.

  50. A large bi-monthly magazine, strictly technical, devoted largely to theoretical problems of electricity and allied subjects.

  51. The conclusion seems to be justified that if the metal could be still further cooled until it reached the theoretical "absolute zero," or absolutely heatless condition, the electrical resistance would also be nil.

  52. A monthly journal of experimental and theoretical physics.

  53. It is only when we endeavor to extend the range of theoretical astronomy, and to gain a correct conception of the mechanism of the universe as a whole, that the essentially faulty character of the geocentric conception becomes apparent.

  54. Between Dalton's theoretical conclusion, however, and experimental demonstration there was a tremendous gap, which the means at the disposal of the scientific world in 1823 did not enable Davy and Faraday more than partially to bridge.

  55. In Chemnitz Neefe's teachers in music had been men of small talents and very limited acquirements, and even in Leipsic he owed more to his persevering study of the theoretical works of Marpurg and C.

  56. Nothing could be more incorrect than to emphasize Beethoven's lack of theoretical education.

  57. I shall select, as a first example, an interesting speculation of one of the most eminent of theoretical chemists, Baron Liebig.

  58. Such errors, like the accidental mistakes in casting up a sum, do not call for philosophical analysis or classification; theoretical considerations can throw no light upon the means of avoiding them.

  59. It has been contended that these are not the only requisites, and that Laplace has overlooked, in the general theoretical statement, a necessary part of the foundation of the doctrine of chances.

  60. Now it is manifest from the mere statement of the examples, without any theoretical discussion, that artificial experimentation is applicable only to the former of these modes of investigation.

  61. Though the discovery has not as yet borne fruit in any direct practical application, yet it has proved of immense value from a theoretical standpoint.

  62. There is, however, some question as to whether this full theoretical amount of loco plants is eaten on the range, and the estimate has been made that one-sixth of this amount only would be actually taken.

  63. The use of certain loco plants--Astragalus mollissimus--has been advocated on theoretical grounds in the treatment of certain forms of insanity, but without favorable results.

  64. With a year at Gottingen, during which he laid the basis of his theoretical knowledge, the academical training of Siemens came to an end, and he entered practical life in the engineering works of Count Stolberg, at Magdeburg.


  65. The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "theoretical" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
    Other words:
    abstract; academic; assumed; conceptual; conjectural; deductive; experimental; fanciful; hypothetical; ideal; ideational; impractical; mental; moot; notional; philosophical; pure; purport; speculative; supposed; theoretical; titular; transcendent; transcendental; unreal


    Some related collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
    theoretical knowledge; theoretical reason