WordNet: 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"

• hypernym law, law of nature

• hyponym Gestalt law of organization, Gestalt principle of organization

• hyponym Le Chatelier's law, Le Chatelier's principle, Le Chatelier-Braun principle, Le Chatelier principle

• hyponym Gresham's Law

• hyponym mass-energy equivalence

• hyponym Naegele's rule

• hyponym Occam's Razor, Ockham's Razor, law of parsimony, principle of parsimony

• hyponym principle of equivalence

• hyponym principle of liquid displacement

• hyponym Huygens' principle of superposition, principle of superposition

• hyponym principle of superposition, superposition, superposition principle

• hyponym mass-action principle, mass action

• hyponym localisation, localisation of function, localisation principle, localization, localization of function, localization principle

principle

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• (suomi) laki (synonyymi)

• (suomi) periaate (synonyymi)

rule

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