- a variation of theoretical.
theoretic
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Through it all, he continued to read deeply in philosophy, mathematics, and physics as he worked on a sprawling treatise he calls the “CTMU”—the “Cognitive Theoretic Model of the Universe.”
From "Outliers" by Malcolm Gladwell
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Theoretic ideas were the very sap of his intellect—the source from which all his strength as an experimenter was derived.
From Faraday as a Discoverer by Tyndall, John
Its Theoretic or Intellectual Value.—But owing to the value which thus attaches to any experience, a new experience may be viewed as desirable apart from its immediate application to conduct.
From Ontario Normal School Manuals: Science of Education by Ontario. Ministry of Education
Theoretic contemplation stands far higher than practical activity.
From A History of Mediaeval Jewish Philosophy by Husik, Isaac
No one has insisted more strongly than he has on the primacy of the Theoretic Life.
From The Legacy of Greece Essays By: Gilbert Murray, W. R. Inge, J. Burnet, Sir T. L. Heath, D'arcy W. Thompson, Charles Singer, R. W. Livingston, A. Toynbee, A. E. Zimmern, Percy Gardner, Sir Reginald Blomfield by Livingstone, R.W.