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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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"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:
Definition that contains principle
- basics principles from which other truths can be derived
- bedrock principles from which other truths can be derived
- fundamentals principles from which other truths can be derived
- tractarianism principles of the founders of the Oxford movement as expounded in pamphlets called `Tracts for the Times'
- fundamental principle principles from which other truths can be derived
- basic principle principles from which other truths can be derived
- puseyism principles of the founders of the Oxford movement as expounded in pamphlets called `Tracts for the Times'