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noun
A scientific generalization about nature based upon empirical observation.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Synonyms: natural law, physical law
Antonyms: none provided
noun
A generally shared legal or moral principle.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Synonyms: natural law
Antonyms: none provided
noun
a generalization that describes recurring facts or events in nature
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: law
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: concept, conception, construct
Narrower terms: all-or-none law, principle, rule, Archimedes' principle, law of Archimedes, Avogadro's law, Avogadro's hypothesis, Bernoulli's law, law of large numbers, Benford's law, Bose-Einstein statistics, Boyle's law, Mariotte's law, Coulomb's Law, Dalton's law, Dalton's law of partial pressures, law of partial pressures, distribution law, equilibrium law, law of chemical equilibrium, Fechner's law, Weber-Fechner law, Fermi-Dirac statistics, Gay-Lussac's law, Charles's law, law of volumes, Henry's law, Hooke's law, Hubble's law, Hubble law, Kepler's law, Kepler's law of planetary motion, Kirchhoff's laws, law of averages, law of constant proportion, law of definite proportions, law of diminishing returns, law of effect, law of equivalent proportions, law of reciprocal proportions, law of gravitation, Newton's law of gravitation, law of multiple proportions, law of mass action, law of thermodynamics, Mendel's law, Newton's law of motion, Newton's law, law of motion, Ohm's law, Pascal's law, Pascal's law of fluid pressures, Pauli exclusion principle, exclusion principle, periodic law, Mendeleev's law, Planck's law, Planck's radiation law, principle of relativity, Stevens' law, power law, Stevens' power law, Weber's law
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