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"the principles of internal-combustion engines"noun(law) an explanation of the fundamental reasons (especially an explanation of the working of some device in terms of laws of nature)
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nounrule of personal conduct
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"the principle of the conservation of mass" "the principle of jet propulsion"nouna rule or law concerning a natural phenomenon or the function of a complex system
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"their principles of composition characterized all their works"nouna basic generalization that is accepted as true and that can be used as a basis for reasoning or conduct
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"the principles of democracy"nouna basic truth or law or assumptiontype of:
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"a man of principle" "he will not violate his principles"nouna rule or standard especially of good behaviortype of:
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law rule value explanation yang logic yin tao basics pillar dictate conservation ethic chivalry bedrock fundamentals rationale precept dialectics superposition generalization scruple generalisation localisation localization generality prescript higher law hypothetical imperative moral principle caveat emptor law of nature superposition principle principle of liquid displacement huygens' principle of superposition law of parsimony le chatelier's law le chatelier's principle le chatelier-braun principle le chatelier principle localisation of function localisation principle localization of function localization principle mass-action principle mass-energy equivalence mass action naegele's rule occam's razor ockham's razor principle of equivalence principle of parsimony principle of superposition gestalt law of organization gestalt principle of organization gresham's law feng shui natural law basic principle fundamental principle insurrectionism pleasure-pain principle pleasure-unpleasure principle pleasure principle reality principle judicial doctrine judicial principle knightliness accounting principle legal principle value-system value orientation hellenism accounting standard