principle
principle: n.
1 a fundamental truth or law as the basis of reasoning or action (arguing from first principles; moral principles).
2 a a personal code of conduct (a person of high principle). b (in pl.) such rules of conduct (has no principles).
3 a general law in physics etc. (the uncertainty principle).
4 a law of nature forming the basis for the construction or working of a machine etc.
5 a fundamental source; a primary element (held water to be the first principle of all things).
6 Chem. a constituent of a substance, esp. one giving rise to some quality, etc. řin principle as regards fundamentals but not necessarily in detail. on principle on the basis of a moral attitude (I refuse on principle). [ME f. OF principe f. L principium source, (in pl.) foundations (as PRINCE)]
Most popular pairs with principle
bernoullis principle
archimedes principle
victoria principle
peter principle
Peter Principle: n. joc. the principle that members of a hierarchy are promoted until they reach the level at which they are no longer competent. [L. J. Peter, its propounder, b. 1919]
bernoulli principle
accounting principles
pareto principle
gestalt principles
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