RULES

A principle or condition that customarily governs behavior

Example: "It was his rule to take a walk before breakfast"

• regulation  11

• concept  13
• conception  16
• construct  13

• limitation  12
• restriction  13
• guideline  11
• guidepost  13
• • rule of thumb
  • cy pres
  • cy pres doctrine
  • rule of cy pres
  • working principle
  • working rule
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Something regarded as a normative example

Example: "The convention of not naming the main character"

• convention  15
• formula  12
• normal  8
• pattern  9

• practice  14

• mores  7
• code of behavior
• code of conduct
• universal  12

Prescribed guide for conduct or action

• prescript  15

• direction  12
• instruction  13

• bylaw  13
• rubric  10
• order  6
• parliamentary law
• • parliamentary procedure
  • rules of order
  • rule of evidence
  • miranda rule
  • precept  13
  • principle  15
  • golden rule
  • gigo
  • dictate  10
  • ordinance  12
  • regulation  11
  • canon  7
  • etiquette  18
  • communications protocol
  • protocol  12
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(linguistics) a rule describing (or prescribing) a linguistic practice

• linguistic rule

• concept  13
• conception  16
• construct  13

• linguistic universal
• universal  12
• grammatical rule
• rule of grammar
• • morphological rule
  • rule of morphology
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A basic generalization that is accepted as true and that can be used as a basis for reasoning or conduct

Example: "Their principles of composition characterized all their works"

• principle  15

• generalisation  15
• generality  14
• generalization  24

• pillar  8
• yang  8
• yin  6
• feng shui

The duration of a monarch's or government's power

Example: "During the rule of elizabeth"

• continuance  15
• duration  9

• regency  13

Dominance or power through legal authority

Example: "France held undisputed dominion over vast areas of africa"

• dominion  11

• ascendance  15
• ascendancy  18
• ascendence  15
• ascendency  18
• control  9
• dominance  14

• paramountcy  20
• raj  10
• reign  6
• sovereignty  18
• • suzerainty  22
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Directions that define the way a game or sport is to be conducted

Example: "He knew the rules of chess"

• direction  12
• instruction  13

• ground rule

Any one of a systematic body of regulations defining the way of life of members of a religious order

Example: "The rule of st. dominic"

A rule or law concerning a natural phenomenon or the function of a complex system

Example: "The principle of the conservation of mass"

• principle  15

• law  6
• law of nature

• gestalt law of organization
• gestalt principle of organization
• le chatelier's law
• le chatelier's principle
• • le chatelier-braun principle
  • le chatelier principle
  • gresham's law
  • mass-energy equivalence
  • naegele's rule
  • law of parsimony
  • occam's razor
  • ockham's razor
  • principle of parsimony
  • principle of equivalence
  • principle of liquid displacement
  • huygens' principle of superposition
  • principle of superposition
  • principle of superposition
  • superposition  17
  • superposition principle
  • mass-action principle
  • mass action
  • localisation  14
  • localisation of function
  • localisation principle
  • localization  23
  • localization of function
  • localization principle
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(mathematics) a standard procedure for solving a class of mathematical problems

Example: "He determined the upper bound with descartes' rule of signs"

• formula  12

• procedure  14
• process  11

• metarule
• algorithm  15
• algorithmic program
• algorithmic rule
• • heuristic  14
  • heuristic program
  • heuristic rule
  • recursion  11
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Measuring stick consisting of a strip of wood or metal or plastic with a straight edge that is used for drawing straight lines and measuring lengths

• ruler  5

• measure  9
• measuring rod
• measuring stick

• carpenter's rule
• foot rule
• meterstick  18
• metrestick
• • yard measure
  • yardstick  19
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