fundamental law
noun
: the organic or basic law of a political unit as distinguished from legislative acts
specifically
: constitution
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May 21, 2021
Chien-Shiung Wu disproved a fundamental law of physics—a stunning achievement that helped earn her male colleagues (but not her) a Nobel Prize.
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Allison Miller, JSTOR Daily, 30 Apr. 2025
Some researchers have welcomed the idea as part of a grand narrative about fundamental laws of nature.
—Quanta Magazine, 2 Apr. 2025
What’s more, such an increase in complexity seems to imply the appearance of new causal laws in nature that, while not incompatible with the fundamental laws of physics governing the smallest component parts, effectively take over from them in determining what happens next.
—Quanta Magazine, 2 Apr. 2025
Point of No Return The speed of light sets a hard limit on how far a signal can travel and still reach its destination in a millisecond, which means either building servers and data centers closer to devices or finding a way to break a fundamental law of physics.
—IEEE Spectrum, 20 Oct. 2020
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Allison Miller, JSTOR Daily, 30 Apr. 2025
Some researchers have welcomed the idea as part of a grand narrative about fundamental laws of nature.
—Quanta Magazine, 2 Apr. 2025
What’s more, such an increase in complexity seems to imply the appearance of new causal laws in nature that, while not incompatible with the fundamental laws of physics governing the smallest component parts, effectively take over from them in determining what happens next.
—Quanta Magazine, 2 Apr. 2025
Point of No Return The speed of light sets a hard limit on how far a signal can travel and still reach its destination in a millisecond, which means either building servers and data centers closer to devices or finding a way to break a fundamental law of physics.
—IEEE Spectrum, 20 Oct. 2020
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“Fundamental law.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fundamental%20law. Accessed 28 May. 2025.
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