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What's The Definition Of Principle?
[n] an explanation of the fundamental reasons (especially an explanation of the working of some device in terms of laws of nature); "the rationale for capital punishment"; "the principles of internal-combustion engines"
[n] a basic truth or law or assumption; "the principles of democracy" [n] 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" [n] a basic generalization that is accepted as true and that can be used as a basis for reasoning or conduct; "their principles of composition characterized all their works" [n] a rule or standard especially of good behavior; "a man of principle"; "he will not violate his principles" [n] rule of personal conduct Synonyms | Synonyms for Principle: precept | rationale | rule Related Terms | Find terms related to Principle: See Also | basic principle | basics | bedrock | caveat emptor | chivalry | conservation | dialectics | dictate | ethic | ethic | ethical code | explanation | fundamental principle | fundamentals | generalisation | generality | generalization | Gresham's Law | Hellenism | higher law | Huygens' principle of superposition | hypothetical imperative | judicial doctrine | judicial principle | law | law of nature | law of parsimony | Le Chatelier principle | Le Chatelier-Braun principle | Le Chatelier's law | Le Chatelier's principle | legal principle | localisation | localisation of function | localisation principle | localization | localization of function | localization principle | logic | mass action | mass-action principle | moral principle | moral principle | Naegele's rule | natural law | Occam's Razor | Ockham's Razor | pillar | pleasure principle | pleasure-pain principle | pleasure-unpleasure principle | prescript | principle of equivalence | principle of liquid displacement | principle of parsimony | principle of superposition | reality principle | rule | scruple | superposition | Tao | value | value orientation | value-system Principle In Webster's Dictionary \Prin"ci*ple\, n. [F. principe, L. principium
beginning, foundation, fr. princeps, -cipis. See {Prince}.]
1. Beginning; commencement. [Obs.]
Doubting sad end of principle unsound. --Spenser.
2. A source, or origin; that from which anything proceeds;
fundamental substance or energy; primordial substance;
ultimate element, or cause.
The soul of man is an active principle. --Tillotson.
3. An original faculty or endowment.
Nature in your principles hath set [benignity].
--Chaucer.
Those active principles whose direct and ultimate
object is the communication either of enjoyment or
suffering. --Stewart.
4. A fundamental truth; a comprehensive law or doctrine, from
which others are derived, or on which others are founded;
a general truth; an elementary proposition; a maxim; an
axiom; a postulate.
Therefore, leaving the principles of the doctrine of
Christ, let us go on unto perfection. --Heb. vi. 1.
A good principle, not rightly understood, may prove
as hurtful as a bad. --Milton.
5. A settled rule of action; a governing law of conduct; an
opinion or belief which exercises a directing influence on
the life and behavior; a rule (usually, a right rule) of
conduct consistently directing one's actions; as, a person
of no principle.
All kinds of dishonesty destroy our pretenses to an
honest principle of mind. --Law.
6. (Chem.) Any original inherent constituent which
characterizes a substance, or gives it its essential
properties, and which can usually be separated by
analysis; -- applied especially to drugs, plant extracts,
etc.
Cathartine is the bitter, purgative principle of
senna. --Gregory.
{Bitter principle}, {Principle of contradiction}, etc. See
under {Bitter}, {Contradiction}, etc.
\Prin"ci*ple\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Principled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Principling}.] To equip with principles; to establish, or fix, in certain principles; to impress with any tenet, or rule of conduct, good or ill. Governors should be well principled. --L'Estrange. Let an enthusiast be principled that he or his teacher is inspired. --Locke. |
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