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

Description generation (CDg)

The one-sentence description above was generated by prompting gpt-5.1 with the class name and this instruction.

Instruction
generate a one-sentence description for a given conceptual class.
# Response Format
Return only the sentence: "Description: [one-sentence description of the conceptional class]"
Input
Class: principle
Generated description
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