1. a hypothetical description of a complex entity or process; - Example: "the computer program was based on a model of the circulatory and respiratory systems" [syn: model, theoretical account, framework]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
theoretical account
n 1: a hypothetical description of a complex entity or process;
"the computer program was based on a model of the
circulatory and respiratory systems" [syn: model,
theoretical account, framework]