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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Theoretic \The'o*ret"ic\, Theoretical \The'o*ret"ic*al\, adjective [Gr. ?: cf. L. theoreticus, F. th['e]or['e]tique.] Pertaining to theory; depending on, or confined to, theory or speculation; speculative; terminating in theory or speculation: not practical; as, theoretical learning; theoretic sciences. -- {The'o*ret"ic*al*ly}, adverb
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
theoretical
adjective
1: concerned primarily with theories or hypotheses rather than practical considerations; "theoretical science" [syn: {theoretic}] [ant: {empirical}]
2: concerned with theories rather than their practical applications; "theoretical physics" [ant: {applied}]
3: based on specialized theory; "a theoretical analysis" [syn: {abstract}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
31 Moby Thesaurus words for "theoretical": abstract, academic, analytical, armchair, closet, conceptual, conjectural, debatable, fanciful, hypothetic, hypothetical, ideal, idealized, ideational, ideological, impractical, moot, notional, postulatory, problematical, pure, putative, speculative, suppositional, supposititious, transcendent, transcendental, unproved, unproven, unrealistic, untested
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