#scientific_theory  a theory that explains scientific observations; "scientific theories must be falsifiable"
  supertype:  theory  a well-substantiated explanation of some aspect of the natural world; an organized system of accepted knowledge that applies in a variety of circumstances to explain a specific set of phenomena; "theories can incorporate facts and laws and tested hypotheses"; "true in fact and theory"
  subtype:  big-bang_theory  nebular_hypothesis  planetesimal_hypothesis  Newton's_theory_of_gravitation  organicism  atomic_theory  atomic_theory.scientific_theory  cell_theory {wave_theory_of_light corpuscular_theory_of_light}  kinetic_theory_of_gases  Einstein's_theory_of_relativity  supersymmetry  quantum_theory  uncertainty_principle  germ_theory  information_theory  Arrhenius_theory_of_dissociation  theory_of_evolution  Ostwald's_theory_of_indicators  theory_of_inheritance  game_theory
  part of:  scientific_discipline__science  a particular branch of scientific knowledge; "the science of genetics"
     part of:  scientific_knowledge  knowledge accumulated by systematic study and organized by general principles; "mathematics is the basis for much scientific knowledge"

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