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Attachment to the doctrines of Epicurus; the principles or belief of Epicurus.

cycloidal wheel, a device for producing straight-line motion from circular motion, on the principle that a pin fastened in the periphery of a gear wheel will describe a straight line when the wheel rolls around inside a fixed internal gear of twice its diameter.

That can be sustained or made available or effective in a court of equity, or upon principles of equity jurisprudence; as, an equitable estate; equitable assets, assignment, mortgage, etc. Abbott.

The principles of the Erastains.

Esoteric doctrine or principles.

That which is essential; first or constituent principle; as, the essentials or religion.

n in favor of; to prove and cause to be accepted as true; as, to establish a fact, usage, principle, opinion, doctrine, etc. At the mouth of two witnesses, or at the mouth of three witnesses, shall the matter be established. Deut. xix. 15.

According to, in harmony with, moral principles or character.

of human duty; the body of rules of duty drawn from this science; a particular system of principles and rules concerting duty, whether true or false; rules of practice in respect to a single class of human actions; as, political or social ethics; medical ethics. The completeness and consistency of its morality is the…

A principle or mixture of principles derived from Euonymus atropurpureus, or spindle tree.

A principle or mixture of principles extracted from various species of Eupatorium.

A principle, or mixture of principles, derived from various species of Euphorbia.

The principle or process of forming from given components the eutectic alloy, or alloy of maximum fusibility.

One of evangelical principles.

Evangelical principles; evangelism.

Moral badness, or the deviation of a moral being from the principles of virtue imposed by conscience, or by the will of the Supreme Being, or by the principles of a lawful human authority; disposition to do wrong; moral offence; wickedness; depravity. The heart of the sons of men is full of evil. Eccl. ix. 3.…

l sooner evolves itself to its full orb and extent than the human soul. Sir. M. Hale. The principles which art involves, science alone evolves. Whewell. Not by any power evolved from man's own resources, but by a power which descended from above. J. C. Shairp.

tion of the rules of any study or branch of science; as, in trigonometry and grammar, the principles and rules are illustrated by examples.

excellent man, artist, citizen, husband, discourse, book, song, etc.; excellent breeding, principles, aims, action. To love . . . What I see excellent in good or fair. Milton.

rything is either A or Not-A." no third state or condition being involved or allowed. See Principle of contradiction, under Contradiction.