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US
/ˈpɹɪnsəpəɫ/
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[ UK /pɹˈɪnsɪpəl/ ]
[ UK /pɹˈɪnsɪpəl/ ]
NOUN
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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 principles of internal-combustion engines
the rationale for capital punishment -
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 -
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 -
a basic truth or law or assumption
the principles of democracy -
a rule or standard especially of good behavior
he will not violate his principles
a man of principle - 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.