OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 2591

law

/lɔː/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
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A rule, such as:
"Do unto others as you wish them to do unto you" is a good law to follow.
the law of self-preservation
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A rule, such as:
Observing pi is easier than studying physical phenomena, because you can prove things in mathematics, whereas you can't prove anything in physics. And, unfortunately, the laws of p…
the laws of thermodynamics
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A rule, such as:
Mathematical laws can be proved purely through mathematics, without scientific experimentation.
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