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principle principle definition

principle


 
  Grep  of  noun  principle 
  archimedes'  principle 
  basic  principle 
  bitter  principle 
  exclusion  principle 
  first  principle 
  fundamental  principle 
  huygens'  principle  of  superposition 
  indeterminacy  principle 
  judicial  principle 
  le  chatelier's  principle 
  le  chatelier-braun  principle 
  le  chatelier  principle 
  legal  principle 
  life  principle 
  localisation  principle 
  localization  principle 
  mass-action  principle 
  moral  principle 
  pauli  exclusion  principle 
  pleasure-pain  principle 
  pleasure-unpleasure  principle 
  pleasure  principle 
  principle 
  principle  of  equivalence 
  principle  of  liquid  displacement 
  principle  of  parsimony 
  principle  of  relativity 
  principle  of  superposition 
  reality  principle 
  uncertainty  principle 
  vital  principle 
  working  principle 
 
  Overview  of  noun  principle 
 
  The  noun  principle  has  6  senses  (first  6  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  (14)  principle,  rule  --  (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") 
  2.  (9)  principle  --  (a  rule  or  standard  especially  of  good  behavior:  "a  man  of  principle";  "he  will  not  violate  his  principles") 
  3.  (7)  principle  --  (a  basic  truth  or  law  or  assumption:  "the  principles  of  democracy") 
  4.  (4)  principle,  rule  --  (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") 
  5.  (2)  principle,  precept  --  (rule  of  personal  conduct) 
  6.  (2)  rationale,  principle  --  (an  explanation  of  the  working  of  some  device  in  terms  of  laws  of  nature;  "the  principles  of  internal-combustion  engines") 
 
  Grep  of  adj  principle 
  principled 
 
  Overview  of  noun  principle 
 
  The  noun  principle  has  6  senses  (first  6  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  (14)  principle,  rule  --  (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") 
  2.  (9)  principle  --  (a  rule  or  standard  especially  of  good  behavior:  "a  man  of  principle";  "he  will  not  violate  his  principles") 
  3.  (7)  principle  --  (a  basic  truth  or  law  or  assumption:  "the  principles  of  democracy") 
  4.  (4)  principle,  rule  --  (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") 
  5.  (2)  principle,  precept  --  (rule  of  personal  conduct) 
  6.  (2)  rationale,  principle  --  (an  explanation  of  the  working  of  some  device  in  terms  of  laws  of  nature;  "the  principles  of  internal-combustion  engines") 



principle definition