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grand unified theory comparison table

Subject	has acronym	is a kind of	has synonym	has definition
unified theory		theory		Any theory that describes all four forces and all of matter within a single, all-encompassing framework.
grand unified theory	GUT	unified theory	grand unification	Class of theories that merge all three nongravitational forces into a single theoretical framework.

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