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noun-plural. a statement of fundamental facts or principles.
noun-plural. principles from which other truths can be derived.
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n. principles from which other truths can be derived
n. a statement of fundamental facts or principles
Word Usage
"There are a lot of good texts out there with good inquiries and labs but there is precious little about the people who discovered what we call the basics, what challenges they were working on, what we can know from their discoveries and etc."