basic principle
collocation in Englishmeaningsofbasicandprinciple
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basic
adjective
uk/ˈbeɪ.sɪk/us/ˈbeɪ.sɪk/
simple and not complicated, so able to provide the base or starting point from which something ...
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principle
noun
uk/ˈprɪn.sə.pəl/us/ˈprɪn.sə.pəl/
a basic idea or rule that explains or controls how something happens ...
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(Definition ofbasicandprinciplefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Thebasicprincipleof measuring gene expression on a microarray is simple.
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Thebasicprincipleof decomposition is that the features of the input must be preserved in the output.
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Commitment to thebasicprincipleof 'free speech for all, no matter what their views might be' constitutes a stand against discrimination.
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Again, the results suggest that undergraduates tended not to understand thebasicprinciple.
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It reinforces abasicprincipleof historical research.
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To solve the problem we make use of a verybasicprinciple: an action causes a reaction.
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Nevertheless, if intact nutrient cycles are to be abasicprinciple, the reintegration of feedgrade potatoes into organic agriculture systems has to be reconsidered.
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But that is thebasicprinciplethat broadly speaking guides all productivist regimes.
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The mostbasicprincipleto emerge in such a general theory of development is that individuals can never be removed from their contexts.
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However, thebasicprincipleand spirit remains unchanged.
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Abasicprincipleunderlying acquisition, according to this model, is input-driven learning based on the cue-validity of elements present in the environment.
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Thebasicprincipleof word formation is the addition of suffixes to the stems.
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Advocates viewed these concessions as the price that had to be paid to gain acceptance for thebasicprincipleof disability insurance.
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For some issues, there is nobasicprincipleincluded in the regulatory system.
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The marking of structural elements such as melodic gestures, subphrases and phrases, seems abasicprinciplein music performance.
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On the one hand, thebasicprincipleof containment and the prevention of technological exports were to be retained.
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Figure 1 shows thebasicprincipleof an active stiffness control.
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This returns us to the point raised in the discussion of the firstbasicprinciple.
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