Principle ¹

Definition: Beginning; commencement.

Principle ²

Definition: A source, or origin; that from which anything proceeds; fundamental substance or energy; primordial substance; ultimate element, or cause.

Principle ³

Definition: An original faculty or endowment.

Principle ⁴

Definition: A fundamental truth; a comprehensive law or doctrine, from which others are derived, or on which others are founded; a general truth; an elementary proposition; a maxim; an axiom; a postulate.

Principle ⁵

Definition: Any original inherent constituent which characterizes a substance, or gives it its essential properties, and which can usually be separated by analysis; applied especially to drugs, plant extracts, etc.

Principle ⁶

Definition: To equip with principles; to establish, or fix, in certain principles; to impress with any tenet, or rule of conduct, good or ill.

principle ⁷

Definition: (law) an explanation of the fundamental reasons (especially an explanation of the working of some device in terms of laws of nature); "the rationale for capital punishment"; "the principles of internal-combustion engines"

principle ⁸

Definition: a basic truth or law or assumption; "the principles of democracy"

principle ⁹

Definition: a rule or law concerning a natural phenomenon or the function of a complex system; "the principle of the conservation of mass"; "the principle of jet propulsion"; "the right-hand rule for inductive fields"

principle ¹⁰

Definition: a basic generalization that is accepted as true and that can be used as a basis for reasoning or conduct; "their principles of composition characterized all their works"

principle ¹¹

Definition: a rule or standard especially of good behavior; "a man of principle"; "he will not violate his principles"

principle ¹²

Definition: rule of personal conduct