principle
C1000
concept
A principle is a fundamental rule or guiding truth that shapes decisions, behavior, or understanding within a particular domain.
All labels observed (136)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| physical law | 113 |
| guiding principle | 34 |
| physical principle | 14 |
| philosophical principle | 13 |
| constitutional principle | 12 |
| legal principle | 12 |
| set of principles | 10 |
| economic principle | 9 |
| moral principle | 9 |
| axiomatic system | 8 |
| software design principle | 8 |
| design principle | 5 |
| library science principle | 5 |
| object-oriented design principle | 5 |
| stability criterion | 5 |
| thermodynamic principle | 5 |
| Kwanzaa principle | 4 |
| mathematical principle | 4 |
| software development principle | 4 |
| SOLID principle | 3 |
| guiding concept | 3 |
| informal principle | 3 |
| information-theoretic principle | 3 |
| principle canonical | 3 |
| principle of quantum mechanics | 3 |
| spectroscopic rule | 3 |
| democratic principle | 2 |
| engineering principle | 2 |
| first principle | 2 |
| guiding principles of state policy | 2 |
| halakhic principle | 2 |
| heuristic | 2 |
| liberal principle | 2 |
| logical principle | 2 |
| normative ideal | 2 |
| physiological principle | 2 |
| planning philosophy | 2 |
| principle in generative grammar | 2 |
| principle of fluid mechanics | 2 |
| reciprocity law | 2 |
| reliability engineering principle | 2 |
| ultimate principle | 2 |
| variational principle | 2 |
| Pancasila principle | 1 |
| a priori principle | 1 |
| absolute principle | 1 |
| aesthetic principle | 1 |
| agile development principle | 1 |
| capital structure irrelevance proposition | 1 |
| cataloguing code principle | 1 |
| causality criterion | 1 |
| classical mechanics principle | 1 |
| color theory principle | 1 |
| complementarity principle | 1 |
| constitutionalPrinciple | 1 |
| cooperative game theory concept | 1 |
| core principles of Kemalism | 1 |
| core value | 1 |
| corporate governance principle | 1 |
| crystallographic principle | 1 |
| deontological principle | 1 |
| diagnostic principle | 1 |
| duality | 1 |
| educational principle | 1 |
| electrocardiography principle | 1 |
| engineering principle set | 1 |
| error distribution principle | 1 |
| evolutionary principle | 1 |
| existence principle | 1 |
| genetics principle | 1 |
| geological principle | 1 |
| governance principle | 1 |
| gravitational law | 1 |
| guiding philosophy | 1 |
| guiding principle of governance | 1 |
| guiding principle of state | 1 |
| heuristic rule | 1 |
| humorous principle | 1 |
| ideological principle | 1 |
| illustration of the equivalence principle | 1 |
| interpersonal effectiveness principle | 1 |
| interpretive principle in physics | 1 |
| inverse-square law | 1 |
| law of quantum physics | 1 |
| leadership principle | 1 |
| learning principle | 1 |
| local-global principle | 1 |
| management principle | 1 |
| mechanical principle | 1 |
| meteorological principle | 1 |
| methodological principle | 1 |
| model selection principle | 1 |
| numerical equivalence principle | 1 |
| online discussion principle | 1 |
| ontological principle | 1 |
| organizational principle | 1 |
| pacifist principle | 1 |
| personal effectiveness principle | 1 |
| practical reasoning principle | 1 |
| prescription in quantum field theory | 1 |
| pricing principle | 1 |
| principle in classical mechanics | 1 |
| principle in electrocardiography | 1 |
| principle in homotopy type theory | 1 |
| principle in plasticity theory | 1 |
| principle in revenue management | 1 |
| principle in signal processing | 1 |
| principle of Usul al‑Fiqh | 1 |
| principle of chemical equilibrium | 1 |
| principle of chemistry | 1 |
| principle of classical mechanics | 1 |
| principle of command responsibility | 1 |
| principle of distributive justice | 1 |
| principle of generative grammar | 1 |
| principle of identity | 1 |
| principle of inheritance | 1 |
| principle of legal equality | 1 |
| principle of nonequilibrium thermodynamics | 1 |
| principle of relativity | 1 |
| principle of retributive justice | 1 |
| principle of statics | 1 |
| problem-solving principle | 1 |
| psychological principle | 1 |
| robustness principle | 1 |
| security policy principle | 1 |
| self-improvement principle | 1 |
| set-theoretic principle | 1 |
| stability postulate | 1 |
| theoretical principle | 1 |
| time management principle | 1 |
| training philosophy | 1 |
| unsupervised learning principle | 1 |
| voluntary principles | 1 |
| wave optics principle | 1 |
| wave theory principle | 1 |
| writing principle | 1 |
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A principle is a fundamental rule or guiding truth that shapes decisions, behavior, or understanding within a particular domain.
Instances (366)
| Instance | Via concept surface |
|---|---|
| Jury stability table | stability criterion |
| The Fifth Amendment Takings Clause does not apply to the states | constitutional principle |
| Einstein's elevator | illustration of the equivalence principle |
| equipartition theorem | physical law |
| Latimer House Principles | set of principles |
| Poe's Law | informal principle |
| Sturgeon's Law | informal principle |
| Betteridge's law of headlines | humorous principle |
| Middle Way | philosophical principle |
| Osterwalder–Schrader axioms | axiomatic system |
|
Littlewood
surface form:
Littlewood’s rule
|
principle in revenue management |
| Goldberger–Treiman relation | physical law |
| Prudence in Foresight | practical reasoning principle |
| Yamashita standard | principle of command responsibility |
| Hausdorff maximal principle | set-theoretic principle |
|
Mersenne
surface form:
Mersenne’s laws of acoustics
|
physical law |
| Mersenne’s laws of vibrating strings | physical law |
| Steinmetz’s law of hysteresis | physical law |
| Wisdom-Oneness-Service | guiding principle |
| The Truth Shall Make Us Free | guiding principle |
| Kelly Johnson's 14 Rules and Practices | engineering principle set |
| Biot–Savart law | physical law |
| gunas | ontological principle |
| U.S. Constitution in Treasury activities | governance principle |
| Rydberg formula | physical law |
| Rydberg–Ritz combination principle | physical law |
| Directive Principles of State Policy (India) | guiding principle of governance |
| Hamilton's rule | evolutionary principle |
| Eilenberg–Steenrod axioms | axiomatic system |
| Kohlrausch law of independent migration of ions | physical law |
| A Great and Good Law School | guiding principle |
|
Say
surface form:
Say's law
|
economic principle |
| Day One (Bezos’s long-term philosophy) | leadership principle |
| Bloch–Torrey equation | physical law |
| Darcy’s law | physical law |
| Bicameralism Clause | constitutional principle |
| wave–particle duality | principle of quantum mechanics |
| law of markets | economic principle |
| mediocrity principle | philosophical principle |
| cubic reciprocity law | reciprocity law |
| Empty Category Principle | principle in generative grammar |
| Coleman–Glashow mass formula | physical law |
| Whittle index | heuristic |
| New Urbanism | planning philosophy |
| minimum description length principle | model selection principle |
| Nernst unattainability principle | thermodynamic principle |
| second law of thermodynamics | physical law |
| All Shall Be Equal Before the Law! | principle of legal equality |
| Talking Reason to Power | guiding principle |
| the One | ultimate principle |