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[ほう()·そく()]
housoku
noun

Alternate Written Forms:

[ほう()·そく()]
housoku

Root Words:

[ほう() + そく()]
hou + soku

English Meaning(s) for 法則

noun
  1. law; rule

Definition and Synonyms for 法則

Rule a principle or condition that customarily governs behavior
Synonyms: ルール, しゃくる, レギュレーション, 会則, 典則, 原則, 基準, 定め, 定まり, 定まる, 定める, 定規, , 戒律, , 本則, 条例, , , 正規, 決まり, 決まる, , 法令, 法例, 法則, 法度, 法式, 準則, 矩則, 規制, 規則, 規定, 規律, 規格, 規矩, 規程
Law a rule or body of rules of conduct inherent in human nature and essential to or binding upon human society
Synonyms: 天則, 法則, , , 自然律, 自然法
Law a generalization that describes recurring facts or events in nature
Synonyms: 法則, 自然律
Rule prescribed guide for conduct or action
Synonyms: ぎめ, ルール, しゃくる, 典則, 基準, 定め, 定める, , 正規, 決め, 決まり, 決まる, 決める, , 法令, 法例, 法則, 法度, 準則, 準縄, 約束, 縄墨, 規則, 規定, 規律, 規矩
Regulation an authoritative rule
Synonyms: ルール, レギュレーション, 会則, 基準, 定則, 定規, 条例, 正規, 決まり, 決まる, , 法令, 法則, 法度, 準則, 規制, 規則, 規定, 規格, 規程

Meanings for each kanji in 法則

» method; law; rule; principle; model; system
» rule; follow; based on; model after

Categories 法則 is a member of

Conception an abstract or general idea inferred or derived from specific instances
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Rule prescribed guide for conduct or action
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Instruction a message describing how something is to be done
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Sample Sentences for 法則

Furthermore, experiments were never carried out against the rules but were performed always well within them - otherwise they would not be recognized as experiments at all.
Today we will carry out an experiment about Ohm's Law.
Behind thermodynamics lie the movements of atoms and molecules following the laws of motion learned in the first volume.
We were taught that Newton discovered the law of gravity.
This rule cannot be applied in every case.

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