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principle

[ US /ˈpɹɪnsəpəɫ/ ]
[ UK /pɹˈɪnsɪpə‍l/ ]
NOUN
  1. (law) an explanation of the fundamental reasons (especially an explanation of the working of some device in terms of laws of nature)
    the principles of internal-combustion engines
    the rationale for capital punishment
  2. 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
  3. 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
  4. a basic truth or law or assumption
    the principles of democracy
  5. a rule or standard especially of good behavior
    he will not violate his principles
    a man of principle
  6. rule of personal conduct

How To Use principle In A Sentence

  • If this approach has a drawback, it is that the zealous pursuit of the founding principle—disinterring the buried life, stamped under the sod by conniving male partners—sometimes obscures the fact that not a great deal gets added to the wider cultural landscape it is bent on illuminating. A Far From Model Marriage
  • In principle, there was nothing that could not be absorbed into this radically Christianized world.
  • The time is nigh for the resurrection of these long-forgotten principles.
  • And that is exactly why I say "intelligence" in the context of ID is a dormitive principle: Bunny and a Book
  • The principle of mathematical induction, claimed Poincaré, cannot be logically deduced.
  • The machine works according to the principle of electromagnetic conduction.
  • All forms of classical orthodoxy either explicitly reject or reject in principle kenotic theology.
  • This finding is of great concern inasmuch as the protection principle and measures of gaseous arsine are different from the airborne arsenic particulate.
  • Along the way, I must qualify extreme principles in various ways and then challenge my students with examinations and term paper reports about my lectures.
  • The basic principle is to keep an upright, erect posture.
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