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Basic principle   /bˈeɪsɪk prˈɪnsəpəl/   Listen
Basic principle

noun
1.
Principles from which other truths can be derived.  Synonyms: basics, bedrock, fundamental principle, fundamentals.  "Let's get down to basics"






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"Basic principle" Quotes from Famous Books



... the President has become proverbial. The square chin, unconsciously protruded in argument, indicates definitely his capacity, as a British critic has put it, "to dig his toes in and hold on." On matters of method, however, where a basic principle is not involved, he is flexible. According as you approve or disapprove of him, he is "capable of development" or "inconsistent." Thus he completely changed front on the question of preparedness from 1914 to 1916. When the question of the initiative ...
— Woodrow Wilson and the World War - A Chronicle of Our Own Times. • Charles Seymour

... the number of those who recognize singing as an art, whose vision is clear enough to see that the work of the scientific investigator should be confined to the laboratory and that it has no place in the studio. We are beginning to see that the basic principle of singing is freedom in the expression of the beautiful, and that the less there is of the mechanical in the process ...
— The Head Voice and Other Problems - Practical Talks on Singing • D. A. Clippinger

... same time there must be a degree of regional and local diversity that will provide for the utmost independence, self-confidence, self-expression and regional and local self-determination compatible with the basic principle: to each in accordance ...
— Civilization and Beyond - Learning From History • Scott Nearing

... The basic principle of Burbank's plant magic comes under two heads, viz.: breeding and selection. He mates two different species in such a way that they will propagate a type partaking of the natures of both but superior to either in their qualities. In order to effect the best results ...
— Marvels of Modern Science • Paul Severing

... to keep down waste by eliminating the poor batch of bread, it is necessary to understand the principles of bread-making. Fermentation is the basic principle of yeast bread, and fermentation is controlled by temperature. The yeast plant grows at a temperature from 70 to 90 degrees (Fahrenheit), and if care is taken to maintain this temperature during the process of ...
— Foods That Will Win The War And How To Cook Them (1918) • C. Houston Goudiss and Alberta M. Goudiss



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