Definition of THEORETICAL

Examples of theoretical in a Sentence

On a theoretical level, hiring more people seems logical. The idea is purely theoretical at this point. The danger is more than just a theoretical possibility.

Recent Examples on the Web Eventually, those consequences will no longer be theoretical. — Nathan Baird, cleveland, "Ohio State football’s recruiting rivalry with Alabama is about to get more real: Buckeye Take," 27 June 2020 This theoretical engine could drastically reduce the cost of getting to space. — Daniel Oberhaus, Wired, "The Rocket Motor of the Future Breathes Air Like a Jet Engine," 26 June 2020 In addition to the Higgs, there were strong theoretical candidates, including potential dark matter particles, that were within the energy range reached by the LHC. — John Timmer, Ars Technica, "Europe officially sets its sights on a giant LHC successor," 25 June 2020 This is a dual-band router supporting two simultaneous spatial streams in each direction to deliver maximum theoretical throughput of 574Mbps on its 2.4GHz network and 1,201Mbps on its 5GHz network. — Michael Brown, PCWorld, "Linksys announces $150 Max-Stream AX1800 Wi-Fi 6 router," 16 June 2020 Since no high-energy cosmic neutrinos had been discovered when IceCube was originally conceived, their flux was a theoretical guess. — Daniel Oberhaus, Wired, "The Hunt Is On for Elusive Ghost Particles in Antarctica," 12 June 2020 If the township becomes a city in the future, leaders would choose a future policing model that could include a theoretical City of The Woodlands police force of some sort. — Jeff Forward, Houston Chronicle, "Woodlands leaders: no plans to defund law enforcement," 10 June 2020 Fuller, a theoretical astrophysicist and assistant professor at the California Institute of Technology, has a theory that both inner and outer moons of planets migrate away at similar rates. — Ashley Strickland, CNN, "Saturn's moon Titan is rapidly migrating away from the planet," 10 June 2020 Software engineers have developed theoretical designs for voting systems with end-to-end security. — Timothy B. Lee, Ars Technica, "Researchers say online voting tech used in 5 states is fatally flawed," 10 June 2020

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