toy theory

English

Noun

toy theory (plural toy theories)

  1. (sciences, of a theory) a highly simplified model used to explore systems qualitatively
    • 2005, Quantum Information & Computation:
      Recently, Spekkens (5) has constructed a toy theory for a different purpose which could also be used to challenge the CBH argument.

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