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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:
Words sounding like good principle
principal principle working principle acceleration principle argument principle combination principle currency principle indeterminacy principle half principal world principle bitter principle school principal banking principle supreme principle party principle first principle political principle exclusion principle active principle selection principle uncertainty principle pleasure principle seminal principle correspondence principle huygens principle general principle life principle