• n.
    ⦿a rule or law concerning a natural phenomenon or the function of a complex system
    lexical concept
  • the principle of jet propulsion
  • the principle of the conservation of mass
  • the right-hand rule for inductive fields

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Lexical context

wn:part of speechnoun
ontolex:lexicalized sense
  1. enl:principle
  2. enl:rule
wn:interlingual indexili:i67738
wn:eq synonymdn:naturlov§1

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rdfs:labelprinciplerule