subtheory

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noun

A theory forming part of a larger theory.

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Meanings

nounsubtheory (plural subtheories)

plural subtheories

  1. A theory forming part of a larger theory.

    We recover the system of Bonchi et al as a subtheory in the prime power dimensional case, but the more general theory does not arise from a distributive law.

    2016, Ross Duncan, Kevin Dunne, “Interacting Frobenius Algebras are Hopf”, in arXiv

Origin

From sub- + theory.

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APA

subtheory. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/subtheory

MLA

“subtheory.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/subtheory. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “subtheory,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/subtheory.

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