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principles
noun(prin-ci-ple)
a comprehensive and fundamental law, doctrine, or assumption
principles
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a rule or code of conduct
principles
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habitual devotion to right principles
principles
idiom(prin-ci-ple)
in opposition to what someone believes
principles
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a theory in economics: an increase or decrease in income induces a corresponding but magnified change in investment
principles
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either of two principles in cosmology:
principles
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conditions that are observed in the universe must allow the observer to exist —called also weak anthropic principle
principles
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the universe must have properties that make inevitable the existence of intelligent life —called also strong anthropic principle
principles
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a principle in hydrodynamics: the pressure in a stream of fluid is reduced as the speed of the flow is increased
principles
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a principle in physics: no two particles (such as electrons) in an atom or molecule can have the same set of quantum numbers —called also Pauli exclusion principle
principles
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uncertainty principle
principles
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an observation: in a hierarchy employees tend to rise to the level of their incompetence
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a tendency for individual behavior to be directed toward immediate satisfaction of instinctual drives and immediate relief from pain or discomfort
principles
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anthropic principle

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