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What does it mean to have a theory in theoretical physics?

Asked by kingpinlovesyou (312points) August 5th, 2011

From what I know a theory is is when you make a hypotheses on the outcome of an experiment and the outcome is correct, but how is string theory called string theory? What has it proved?

Also a better definition of theory would be nice.

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