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The following 13 entries include the term Principle of.
principle of acceleration
principle of association
principle of causality
principle of contradiction
principle of duality
: a principle in projective geometry: from a geometric theorem another theorem may be derived by substituting in the original theorem the word point for the word line in the case of a point or line in the plane or the word point for the word plane in the case of a point or plane in space and conversely
principle of equivalence
: a principle in the general theory of relativity: the mass of a body as measured by its resistance to acceleration under the action of a force is equal to the mass as measured by the effect of a gravitational field on the body
principle of excluded middle
principle of identity
principle of least action
: a principle in physics: if the passage of a dynamic system from one configuration to another is spontaneous and without change in total energy the corresponding action has a minimum value
principle of segregation
: the first of Mendel's laws
principle of sufficient reason
principle of utility
principle of war
: any of the basic elements considered essential to success in war usually including objective, offensive, surprise, mass or concentration, economy of force, security, movement or mobility, cooperation, and simplicity
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