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Preformation

An old theory of the preexistence of germs. Cf. Embo/tement.

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Theory 76% connected

A doctrine, or scheme of things, which terminates in speculation or contemplation, without a view to practice; hypothesis; speculation.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Preform 74% connected

To form beforehand, or for special ends.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Preform 74% connected

To form beforehand, or for special ends.

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Atomic theory noun · 86% connection

(chemistry) any theory in which all matter is composed of tiny discrete finite indivisible indestructible particles; "the ancient Gree…

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Atomism noun · 86% connection

(chemistry) any theory in which all matter is composed of tiny discrete finite indivisible indestructible particles; "the ancient Gree…

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Atomist theory noun · 86% connection

(chemistry) any theory in which all matter is composed of tiny discrete finite indivisible indestructible particles; "the ancient Gree…

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Atomistic theory noun · 86% connection

(chemistry) any theory in which all matter is composed of tiny discrete finite indivisible indestructible particles; "the ancient Gree…

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Blastogenesis noun · 86% connection

theory that inherited characteristics are transmitted by germ plasm

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Economic theory noun · 86% connection

(economics) a theory of commercial activities (such as the production and consumption of goods)

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Field theory noun · 86% connection

(physics) a theory that explains a physical phenomenon in terms of a field and the manner in which it interacts with matter or with ot…

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Causation noun · 85% connection

the act of causing something to happen

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Causing noun · 85% connection

the act of causing something to happen

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Conceptual adjective · 85% connection

being or characterized by concepts or their formation; "conceptual discussions"; "a schizophrenic loses the ability to do conceptual t…

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Deduction noun · 85% connection

reasoning from the general to the particular (or from cause to effect)

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Deductive reasoning noun · 85% connection

reasoning from the general to the particular (or from cause to effect)

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Empiric adjective · 85% connection

derived from experiment and observation rather than theory; "an empirical basis for an ethical theory"; "empirical laws"; "empirical d…

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Empirical adjective · 85% connection

derived from experiment and observation rather than theory; "an empirical basis for an ethical theory"; "empirical laws"; "empirical d…

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Enquiry noun · 85% connection

a search for knowledge; "their pottery deserves more research than it has received"

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Evidence noun · 85% connection

your basis for belief or disbelief; knowledge on which to base belief; "the evidence that smoking causes lung cancer is very compellin…

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Framework noun · 85% connection

a hypothetical description of a complex entity or process; "the computer program was based on a model of the circulatory and respirato…

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Grounds noun · 85% connection

your basis for belief or disbelief; knowledge on which to base belief; "the evidence that smoking causes lung cancer is very compellin…

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Aeroscope noun · 78% connection

An apparatus designed for collecting spores, germs, bacteria, etc., suspended in the air.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: theory, preexistence, germs, embo, tement.
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Authorship noun · 78% connection

the act of initiating a new idea or theory or writing; "the authorship of the theory is disputed"

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Biogeny noun · 78% connection

A doctrine that the genesis or production of living organisms can take place only through the agency of living germs or parents; -- op…

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Bohr theory noun · 78% connection

(physics) a theory of atomic structure that combined Rutherford's model with the quantum theory; electrons orbiting a nucleus can only…

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Bosonic string theory noun · 78% connection

the original version of string theory, developed in the late 1960s.; "Although bosonic string theory has many attractive features, it…

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Check noun · 78% connection

additional proof that something that was believed (some fact or hypothesis or theory) is correct; "fossils provided further confirmati…

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Confirmation noun · 78% connection

additional proof that something that was believed (some fact or hypothesis or theory) is correct; "fossils provided further confirmati…

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Conjugation noun · 78% connection

A kind of sexual union; -- applied to a blending of the contents of two or more cells or individuals in some plants and lower animals,…

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Cyst noun · 78% connection

A form assumed by Protozoa in which they become saclike and quiescent. It generally precedes the production of germs. See Encystment.

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Darwinian adjective · 78% connection

Pertaining to Darwin; as, the Darwinian theory, a theory of the manner and cause of the supposed development of living things from cer…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: theory, preexistence, germs, embo, tement.
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Duality noun · 78% connection

(physics) the property of matter and electromagnetic radiation that is characterized by the fact that some properties can be explained…

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Emboitement noun · 78% connection

The hypothesis that all living things proceed from preexisting germs, and that these encase the germs of all future living things, inc…

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