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principle
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principle (plural principles)
- A fundamental assumption.
- We need some sort of principles to reason from.
- A rule used to choose among solutions to a problem.
- The principle of least privilege holds that a process should only receive the permissions it needs.
- The Pauli Exclusion Principle prevents two fermions from occupying the same state.
- (generally plural) Moral rule or aspect.
- I don"t doubt your principles; you are clearly a person of principle.
- It"s the principle of the thing; I won"t do business with someone I can"t trust.
- (somewhat dated) A fundamental essence, particularly one producing a given quality.
- Many believe that life is the result of some vital principle.
- Cathartine is the bitter, purgative principle of senna. — Gregory.
- (obsolete) A beginning.
- Doubting sad end of principle unsound. — Spenser.
9 letters in word "principle": C E I I L N P P R.
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