About 28,500 results
Open links in new tab
  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 example, we have …

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

    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 understand …

  3. 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. However, they would …

  4. "yields" vs "yields that" in math context - English Language & Usage ...

    Aug 25, 2020 · On the other hand, we say that a certain theorem or proposition yields a particular result when we first prove it. In other words, the result isn't obvious at once. Proof of the Pythagoras …

  5. 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. There are …

  6. "See also" vs. "Also see" as a heading - English Language & Usage …

    Dec 3, 2023 · For example "See also Pythagoras' theorem" is a grammatically correct full sentence, while, as far as I understand, "Also see Pythagoras' theorem" is not correct without a comma …

  7. "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 charges …

  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. 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 which …

  10. What is it called when you shorten a word to only its important letters ...

    Jun 4, 2018 · 7 ex. package --> pkg theorem --> thm proof --> pf function --> fn config --> cfg (this is a bit uncommon) attribute --> attr Example sentence: This process is called _____.