law
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- noun
- /lɔː/
- Specialized
- Scientists rely on the law of conservation of energy in their experiments.
- inverse law
- Zipf's law
- physical laws
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Watch on YouTubeThat's the like the laws of physics of their system.
- That's the like the laws of physics of their system.
- Theoretical physics is trying to see a law beyond the laws we have.
- So there's, there's like an iron law of wealth.
- So have you heard of Moore's Law in the semiconductor space?
- It's like the Moore's Law of longevity research.
- Well, I studied nature's laws, which is the oldest living laws.
- And that would other people since named that Moore's law guided the industry.
- For example, if you have some mechanical laws, what is that?
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It's the law of economics.
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We can use the law of sines for this one.
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And that is what the law of thinking is.
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Hi, in this video we're going to introduce the law of signs.
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Have you ever heard of the law of secondary gain?
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We are restricted by the laws of nature.
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The member countries of the COMECON have ignored environmental policy and law for over three decades.
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I've been having some trouble with the laws governing chemical bonds.
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The law of gravity explains why objects fall towards the Earth.
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According to the law of supply and demand, prices tend to rise when demand exceeds supply.
Synonyms
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A basic idea or law that explains how something works
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A rule that describes how nature behaves, often shown with a formula
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A basic rule scientists find about how the world works
Idioms
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A situation where only the strongest people succeed without fair rules
Compounds
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The work police do to stop crime, find criminals, and make people obey the law
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A man in your family by marriage, for example your spouse's brother or your sister's husband
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All people and organizations, including officials, must follow the same fair laws
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A group that makes sure people follow rules and stops crime and finds who did it
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A rule that describes how nature behaves, often shown with a formula
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Temporary military rule over a country that replaces normal law during a war or crisis
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A system of rules for life and law based on the Qur'an and the Prophet Muhammad's teachings
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A system where judges use past court decisions and customs rather than written laws
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The rules a country or state has about when and how people can legally end a pregnancy
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Three basic rules that explain how pushes and pulls change the motion of objects
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A basic rule that explains how energy moves and changes in closed systems
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A rule that the government must follow fair legal steps before taking someone's life, freedom, or property
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Work a lawyer does to give advice, prepare documents, and represent people in court
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Government rules that stop one company from controlling a market and protect competition
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Rules that control the behavior, trials, and punishments of people in the armed forces
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Law that deals with agreements and the duties people or businesses have to each other
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Laws in the United States that kept Black and white people apart, mainly in the South
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Energy naturally spreads from hot places to cold ones, increasing disorder
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A rule that shows how pushes and pulls change how things move, for example by starting or stopping
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The idea that after many tries results tend to match what is expected on average
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Religious laws given by God to the Israelites through Moses, including the Ten Commandments
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A set of basic rules that explains how a country's government works and what rights people have
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A set of religious rules from Islam based on the Koran and Muhammad's teachings that guide how people live
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A system of rules used in ancient Rome that influenced many modern civil laws
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A rule people follow because of custom rather than being made by the government
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Three basic rules that explain how objects move and push each other in physics
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A law that helps buyers get a refund or replacement for vehicles that keep breaking
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When one object pushes another, the other object pushes back equally
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Etymology
Law comes from an old word meaning 'to lay', as in lay. In science, a law is a regular rule that seems to be 'laid down' by nature because it happens the same way again and again, so we can rely on it.