How is the use of the word theory in science different from its more common use

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Varuna · Answer 1 · 2016-06-10T04:59:10+0000

In science the word "theory" basically means a model that has been confirmed countless times and never dis-confirmed (such as the theory of gravity). We call it a theory because it's something we had to discover and it was at first not certain.

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