principle

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A principle is a fundamental rule or guiding truth that shapes decisions, behavior, or understanding within a particular domain.

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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
Lorentz–Lorenz equation	physical law
Honesty	moral principle
Trust Principles	corporate governance principle
The TB12 Method	training philosophy
Right Care, Right Now	guiding principle
Hume’s Principle (derivable, not postulated)	logical principle
Apad dharma	moral principle
Torah veAvodah	ideological principle
Forty Spiritual Rules About Love linked to: forty spiritual rules about love	set of principles
Justice	legal principle
NATO’s Open Door policy	security policy principle
-5/3 law	physical law
Clarke's three laws	philosophical principle
honour	moral principle
laws of electrolysis	physical law
uncertainty principle	physical law
Dike (justice) as divine order	moral principle
Sutton's law linked to: Willie Sutton	heuristic
Boyle's law	physical law
Hooke's law	physical law
verification principle	philosophical principle
Carathéodory’s formulation of the second law of thermodynamics	thermodynamic principle
Garden city movement	planning philosophy
Open Definition	set of principles
Make It New	aesthetic principle
Postel’s law	design principle
To injure no man, but to bless all mankind	guiding principle
theory of uniformitarianism	geological principle
Bjerknes circulation theorem linked to: Bjerknes circulation theorem (applications in meteorology)	physical law
Curie law of magnetization	physical law
Postel’s law linked to: Postel	software design principle
We, the People (implied by constitutional sovereignty)	democratic principle
net neutrality	—
Sutton's law	diagnostic principle
Babinet's principle	physical principle
Equal Justice Under Law linked to: Equal Justice Under Law (associated with the Supreme Court building inscription)	legal principle
categorical imperative	moral principle
Cunningham's Law	informal principle
Bernoulli principle linked to: Bernoulli	physical principle
Fermat’s principle of least time	variational principle
kingdom of ends	normative ideal
Nullus liber homo capiatur clause	legal principle
Pascal's law	physical law
principle of least action	physical principle
Newton's first law of motion linked to: Newton's laws of motion	physical law
Newton's third law of motion	physical law
spacing effect	learning principle
Planck–Einstein relation	physical law
de Broglie wavelength formula	physical law
Stokes' law	physical law