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Theoretical vs Implex - What's the difference?

theoretical | implex |

As adjectives the difference between theoretical and implex

is that theoretical is of or relating to theory; abstract; not empirical while implex is intricate, involved, entangled, complicated, complex.

As a noun implex is

a genealogical coefficient of a given genealogical tree; defined as the difference between the number of theoretical ancestors of a person and the number of his/her real ones in a given generation.

theoretical

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Of or relating to theory; abstract; not empirical.

    • Derived terms

    * intertheoretical * intratheoretical * nontheoretical

    Coordinate terms

    * practical

    implex

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Intricate, involved, entangled, complicated, complex.
  • * Joseph Addison, essay in The Spectator , 9 February 1711/12:
    • The fable of every poem is, according to Aristotle’s division, either simple or implex'. It is called simple when there is no change of fortune in it; '''implex''', when the fortune of the chief actor changes from bad to good, or from good to bad. The ' implex fable is thought most perfect: I suppose, because it is more proper to stir up the passion of the reader, and to surprise him with a greater variety of accidents.

    Noun

    (es)
  • A genealogical coefficient of a given genealogical tree; defined as the difference between the number of theoretical ancestors of a person and the number of his/her real ones in a given generation.

    • Synonyms

    * pedigree collapse

    References

    * (adjective) ** Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary . Retrieved 25 February 2010, from Dictionary.com website: http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/Implex ** OED 2nd edition 1989 * (noun) ** Joao Dal Poz Neto & Marcio Ferriera da Silva, "MaqPar: A Homemade Tool for the Study of Kinship Networks" in Hvibrant , v.6, n.2, p.73, footnote 3; Retrieved 25 February 2010, from Google Docs website, original source file: [http://www.vibrant.org.br/downloads/v6n2_dalpozsilva.pdf]