English noun: theoretical account | |||
1. | theoretical account (cognition) a hypothetical description of a complex entity or process | ||
Samples | The computer program was based on a model of the circulatory and respiratory systems. | ||
Synonyms | framework, model | ||
Broader (hypernym) | hypothesis, possibility, theory | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | computer simulation, Copernican system, M-theory, mean sun, Ptolemaic system, simulation, stochastic process, string theory | ||