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  1. nouns - Difference between "theorem" and "theory" - English …

    Aug 23, 2011 · What is the difference between a theorem and a theory? The two words seem to be used to describe very similar things, but yet do not seem to be interchangeable. For …

  2. grammatical number - What is the formal plural of the word …

    Jan 29, 2014 · The word theorem comes from late Latin theōrēma and the Greek θεώρημα . If one wanted a plural form other than theorems that reflected its etymology, what would it be? I …

  3. What does "There is no such thing as a free lunch" mean?

    The idiom is less than 100 years old. The first recorded uses date back to the 1930's. There's more detail in the Wiki article The original reads There ain't no such thing as a free lunch. …

  4. Capital letters in "Theorem", "Conjecture" etc [duplicate]

    Aug 7, 2014 · The physics journals I publish in differ regarding the use of capital letters. Some insist on using Equation, Figure, etc. when referring to a numbered equation or figure. …

  5. Is there any consensus on the capitalization of theories?

    Should the name of theories be capitalized? Does this depend on convention, the particular theory itself, or whether or not it contains a proper name? I appreciate any input, thank you!

  6. What is the origin of "source" as in "source code"?

    Aug 7, 2024 · But the question was about the origin, not the current situation. By '69 if not earlier, Source programs used memory labels; and compilers converted them to object programs with …

  7. Single word for something that is "not yet a fact" but very close?

    1. Single word requests require an example phrase. 2. Have you tried looking up "hypothesis" in a thesaurus? Were any of the words any good? Please include your research. 3. Something …

  8. Word for theories that can neither be proven nor disproven ...

    Dec 6, 2015 · I may have this a bit wrong, but in the case of entanglement, first thought to be untestable, Bell's theorem provided an experimental scenario, recently applied.

  9. "it has proved" or "it has been proved" [duplicate]

    Mar 25, 2020 · The relevant usages of the verb prove here are prove [verb] [transitive verb] 1a: to establish the existence, truth, or validity of (as by evidence or logic) prove a theorem the …

  10. Is there another way of saying 'user-unfriendly'?

    May 9, 2011 · I would go with 'unfriendly'. The 'user' part is redundant, particularly in the case of software. In fact uses of it outside the scope of software are really "loans" of the term. In any …