Definition of Principle. Meaning of Principle. Synonyms of Principle

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Definition of Principle

Principle
Principle 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.

Meaning of Principle from wikipedia

- A principle may relate to a fundamental truth or proposition that serves as the foundation for a system of beliefs or behavior or a chain of reasoning...
- The uncertainty principle, also known as Heisenberg's indeterminacy principle, is a fundamental concept in quantum mechanics. It states that there is...
- Bernoulli's principle is a key concept in fluid dynamics that relates pressure, density, speed and height. Bernoulli's principle states that an increase...
- The Peter principle is a concept in management developed by Laurence J. Peter which observes that people in a hierarchy tend to rise to "a level of respective...
- In computing, the robustness principle is a design guideline for software that states: "be conservative in what you do, be liberal in what you accept...
- The Pareto principle (also known as the 80/20 rule, the law of the vital few and the principle of factor sparsity) states that for many outcomes, roughly...
- Archimedes' principle (also spelled Archimedes's principle) states that the upward buoyant force that is exerted on a body immersed in a fluid, whether...
- KISS, an acronym for "Keep it simple, stupid!", is a design principle first noted by the U.S. Navy in 1960. First seen partly in American English by at...
- Duality principle or principle of duality may refer to: Duality (projective geometry) Duality (order theory) Duality principle (Boolean algebra) Duality...
- The equivalence principle is the hypothesis that the observed equivalence of gravitational and inertial m**** is a consequence of nature. The weak form...