Engelsk navneord: principle | |||
1. | principle (om erkendelse) a basic generalization that is accepted as true and that can be used as a basis for reasoning or conduct | ||
Eksempler med tilsvarende betydning | Their principles of composition characterized all their works. | ||
Termer med samme betydning (synonymer) | rule | ||
Mindre specifikke termer | generalisation, generality, generalization | ||
Mere specifikke termer | feng shui, pillar, yang, yin | ||
2. | principle (om erkendelse) a rule or standard especially of good behavior | ||
Eksempler med tilsvarende betydning | A man of principle. He will not violate his principles. | ||
Mindre specifikke termer | value | ||
Mere specifikke termer | accounting principle, accounting standard, chivalry, ethic, Hellenism, judicial doctrine, judicial principle, knightliness, legal principle, moral principle, scruple, value orientation, value-system | ||
3. | principle (om erkendelse) a basic truth or law or assumption | ||
Eksempler med tilsvarende betydning | The principles of democracy. | ||
Mindre specifikke termer | law, natural law | ||
Mere specifikke termer | basic principle, basics, bedrock, conservation, dictate, fundamental principle, fundamentals, insurrectionism, logic, pleasure principle, pleasure-pain principle, pleasure-unpleasure principle, reality principle, Tao | ||
4. | principle (om erkendelse) a rule or law concerning a natural phenomenon or the function of a complex system | ||
Eksempler med tilsvarende betydning | The principle of the conservation of mass. The principle of jet propulsion. The right-hand rule for inductive fields. | ||
Termer med samme betydning (synonymer) | rule | ||
Mindre specifikke termer | law, law of nature | ||
Mere specifikke termer | Gestalt law of organization, Gestalt principle of organization, Gresham's Law, Huygens' principle of superposition, law of parsimony, Le Chatelier principle, Le Chatelier's law, Le Chatelier's principle, Le Chatelier-Braun principle, localisation, localisation of function, localisation principle, localization, localization of function, localization principle, mass action, mass-action principle, mass-energy equivalence, Naegele's rule, Occam's Razor, Ockham's Razor, principle of equivalence, principle of liquid displacement, principle of parsimony, principle of superposition, principle of superposition, superposition, superposition principle | ||
5. | principle (om kommunikation) rule of personal conduct | ||
Termer med samme betydning (synonymer) | precept | ||
Mindre specifikke termer | prescript, rule | ||
Mere specifikke termer | caveat emptor, higher law, hypothetical imperative, moral principle | ||
Omfatter disse overordnede termer | ethic, ethical code | ||
6. | principle (om erkendelse) (law) an explanation of the fundamental reasons (especially an explanation of the working of some device in terms of laws of nature) | ||
Eksempler med tilsvarende betydning | The rationale for capital punishment. The principles of internal-combustion engines. | ||
Termer med samme betydning (synonymer) | rationale | ||
Mindre specifikke termer | explanation | ||
Mere specifikke termer | dialectics | ||
Overordnet emneområde | jurisprudence, law | ||