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principle::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | rationale |
| Type of | explanation |
| Has types | dialectics |
the principles of internal-combustion engines.
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | precept |
| Type of | prescript, rule |
| Has types | higher law, hypothetical imperative, moral principle, caveat emptor |
principle::noun | Spocien Dictionary
the principle of the conservation of mass.
the principle of jet propulsion.
principle::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | rule |
| Type of | generalisation, generalization, generality |
| Has types | yin, feng shui, yang, pillar |
their principles of composition characterized all their works.
principle::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | natural law, law |
| Has types | dictate, basic principle, basics, bedrock, conservation, fundamental principle, fundamentals, insurrectionism, logic, pleasure-pain principle, pleasure-unpleasure principle, pleasure principle, reality principle, tao |
the principles of democracy.
principle::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | value |
| Has types | judicial doctrine, judicial principle, knightliness, moral principle, accounting principle, chivalry, legal principle, value-system, value orientation, scruple, hellenism, accounting standard, ethic |
a man of principle.
he will not violate his principles.
Examples of principle
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This is the basic principle of science, and how essentially all science happens.
From the forbes.com
We need not relate it to this intervention in any other way except in principle.
From the guardian.co.uk
Obviously we can't use Earth as an argument, because of the anthropic principle.
From the newscientist.com
Without the glitch, this kind of planet could in principle be confirmed in 2010.
From the newscientist.com
In crowded or overpopulated places survival not ethics is the driving principle.
From the guardian.co.uk
Obama has adopted a foreign policy position that I do not support, in principle.
From the battleland.blogs.time.com
One obituarist called him a man of vigorous action and uncompromising principle.
From the guardian.co.uk
Here again the same principle has been acted upon, the same result has followed.
From the linkedin.com
Today, though, even in the UK that principle is fast being rendered meaningless.
From the techcrunch.com
- A basic generalization that is accepted as true and that can be used as a basis for reasoning or conduct; "their principles of composition characterized all their works"
- A rule or standard especially of good behavior; "a man of principle"; "he will not violate his principles"
- A basic truth or law or assumption; "the principles of democracy"
- A rule or law concerning a natural phenomenon or the function of a complex system; "the principle of the conservation of mass"; "the principle of jet propulsion"; "the right-hand rule for inductive fields"
- Rule of personal conduct
- Rationale: (law) an explanation of the fundamental reasons (especially an explanation of the working of some device in terms of laws of nature); "the rationale for capital punishment"; "the principles of internal-combustion engines"
- A principle is a law or rule that has to be, or usually is to be followed, or can be desirably followed, or is an inevitable consequence of something, such as the laws of nature or the way that a device is constructed.
- In modern chemistry, principles are the constituents of a substance, specifically those that produce a certain quality or effect in the substance, such as a bitter principle, which is any one of the numerous compounds having a bitter taste.
- Polygamy (called plural marriage or the Principle within Mormonism) was a defining characteristic of early Mormonism, and continues to be the defining characteristic of Mormon fundamentalism. The practice of polygamy was instituted in the 1830s by founder Joseph Smith, Jr. ...
