Synset

a rule or law concerning a natural phenomenon or the function of a complex system
<noun.cognition> freq. cnt.: 3 freq. cnt.: 3

sample sentences

"the principle of the conservation of mass"
"the principle of jet propulsion"
"the right-hand rule for inductive fields"

semantic pointers

hypernym

law, law of nature

hyponym

Gestalt law of organization, Gestalt principle of organization Le Chatelier's principle, Le Chatelier's law, Le Chatelier principle, Le Chatelier-Braun principle Gresham's Law mass-energy equivalence Naegele's rule Occam's Razor, Ockham's Razor, principle of parsimony, law of parsimony principle of equivalence principle of liquid displacement principle of superposition, Huygens' principle of superposition principle of superposition, superposition principle, superposition mass-action principle, mass action localization of function, localisation of function, localization principle, localisation principle, localization, localisation