1. (noun) a basic generalization that is accepted as true and that can be used as a basis for reasoning or conduct

• rule

2. (noun) a rule or law concerning a natural phenomenon or the function of a complex system

• rule

3. (noun) rule of personal conduct

• precept

4. (noun) (law) an explanation of the fundamental reasons (especially an explanation of the working of some device in terms of laws of nature)

• rationale

1. (noun) a basic generalization that is accepted as true and that can be used as a basis for reasoning or conduct

• feng shui
• pillar
• yang
• yin

2. (noun) a rule or standard especially of good behavior

• accounting principle
• accounting standard
• chivalry
• knightliness
• ethic
• moral principle
• value orientation
• value-system
• hellenism
• judicial doctrine
• judicial principle
• legal principle
• scruple

3. (noun) a basic truth or law or assumption

• basic principle
• basics
• bedrock
• fundamental principle
• fundamentals
• conservation
• dictate
• insurrectionism
• logic
• pleasure principle
• pleasure-pain principle
• pleasure-unpleasure principle
• reality principle
• tao

4. (noun) a rule or law concerning a natural phenomenon or the function of a complex system

• gestalt law of organization
• gestalt principle of organization
• gresham's law
• huygens' principle of superposition
• principle of superposition
• law of parsimony
• occam's razor
• ockham's razor
• principle of parsimony
• le chatelier principle
• le chatelier's law
• le chatelier's principle
• le chatelier-braun principle
• localisation
• localisation of function
• localisation principle
• localization
• localization of function
• localization principle
• mass action
• mass-action principle
• mass-energy equivalence
• naegele's rule
• principle of equivalence
• principle of liquid displacement
• principle of superposition
• superposition
• superposition principle

5. (noun) rule of personal conduct

• caveat emptor
• higher law
• hypothetical imperative
• moral principle

6. (noun) (law) an explanation of the fundamental reasons (especially an explanation of the working of some device in terms of laws of nature)

• dialectics

1. (noun) a basic generalization that is accepted as true and that can be used as a basis for reasoning or conduct

• generalisation
• generality
• generalization

2. (noun) a rule or standard especially of good behavior

• value

3. (noun) a basic truth or law or assumption

• law
• natural law

4. (noun) a rule or law concerning a natural phenomenon or the function of a complex system

• law
• law of nature

5. (noun) rule of personal conduct

• prescript
• rule

6. (noun) (law) an explanation of the fundamental reasons (especially an explanation of the working of some device in terms of laws of nature)

• explanation

1. (noun) (law) an explanation of the fundamental reasons (especially an explanation of the working of some device in terms of laws of nature)

• jurisprudence
• law

1. (noun) (law) an explanation of the fundamental reasons (especially an explanation of the working of some device in terms of laws of nature)

• ratiocinate