The theory that employees are capable of being ambitious and self-motivated under suitable conditions.

(politics, historical) Synonym of domino effect

(mathematics, uncountable) The branch of mathematics concerned with lattices (partially ordered sets).

(algebra, representation theory) The branch of algebra concerned with actions of groups on algebraic varieties from the point of view of their effect on functions.

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see scheme, theory. / (algebraic geometry) The branch of mathematics that concerns schemes (algebraic varieties equipped with the Zariski topology).

The idea of using small suggestions to influence behavior and decision making.

(chemistry, obsolete) A theory suggesting that all salts contain only two substances, either both simple, or one simple and the other a compound playing the part of a simple body.

(economics) A theory that abstinence in business will bring beneficial interest.

A branch of statistics that deals with estimating the values of parameters based on measured empirical data that has a random component.

(number theory) A set of general techniques for computing or estimating the size of sifted sets of integers.