PRINCIPLE
\pɹˈɪnsɪpə͡l], \pɹˈɪnsɪpəl], \p_ɹ_ˈɪ_n_s_ɪ_p_əl]\
Definitions of PRINCIPLE
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1898 - Warner's pocket medical dictionary of today.
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
- 1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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a basic truth or law or assumption; "the principles of democracy"
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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"
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a rule or standard especially of good behavior; "a man of principle"; "he will not violate his principles"
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(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"
By Princeton University
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a basic truth or law or assumption; "the principles of democracy"
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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"
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a rule or standard especially of good behavior; "a man of principle"; "he will not violate his principles"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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A source, or origin; that from which anything proceeds; fundamental substance or energy; primordial substance; ultimate element, or cause.
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An original faculty or endowment.
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A fundamental truth; a comprehensive law or doctrine, from which others are derived, or on which others are founded; a general truth; an elementary proposition; a maxim; an axiom; a postulate.
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A settled rule of action; a governing law of conduct; an opinion or belief which exercises a directing influence on the life and behavior; a rule (usually, a right rule) of conduct consistently directing one's actions; as, a person of no principle.
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Any original inherent constituent which characterizes a substance, or gives it its essential properties, and which can usually be separated by analysis; -- applied especially to drugs, plant extracts, etc.
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To equip with principles; to establish, or fix, in certain principles; to impress with any tenet, or rule of conduct, good or ill.
By Oddity Software
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A source or cause; a settled rule or law of conduct; a truth which is general and fundamental; as, the principles of government; reason; uprightness.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By William R. Warner
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A fundamental truth: a law or doctrine from which others are derived: an original faculty of the mind: a settled rule of action: (chem.) a constituent part.
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To establish in principles: to impress with a doctrine.
By Daniel Lyons
By James Champlin Fernald
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland
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A general truth; a general or widely prevailing law.
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An element or ultimate constituent, especially that one on which the distinctive characters of anything depend
By Smith Ely Jelliffe
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n. [Latin] A. source or origin ; that from which any thing proceeds;-an original faculty or endowment of the soul ;-a fundamental truth or tenet ; an elementary proposition ;-a settled rule of action;-usually, a right role of conduct ;- an original element which characterizes some substance, and from which it may be obtained by analysis.
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