PRINCIPLE

Principle

A principle is a law or rule that has to be, or usually is to be followed, or can be desirably followed, or is an inevitable consequence of something, such as the laws observed in nature or the way that a system is constructed. The principles of such a system are understood by its users as the essential characteristics of the system, or reflecting system's designed purpose, and the effective operation or use of which would be impossible if any one of the principles was to be ignored.

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principle

Noun

  1. A fundamental assumption.
  2. A rule used to choose among solutions to a problem.
  3. Moral rule or aspect.
  4. A rule or law of nature, or the basic idea on how the laws of nature are applied.
  5. A fundamental essence, particularly one producing a given quality.
  6. A beginning.
  7. A source, or origin; that from which anything proceeds; fundamental substance or energy; primordial substance; ultimate element, or cause.
  8. An original faculty or endowment.

Verb

  1. To equip with principles; to establish, or fix, in certain principles; to impress with any tenet or rule of conduct.


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