a rule or law concerning a natural phenomenon or the function of a complex system; "the principle of the conservation of mass"; "the principle of jet propulsion"; "the right-hand rule for inductive fields"自然現象または複雑なシステムの機能に関する決まりまたは法則本則
例:The right-hand rule for inductive fields. 誘導性場の右手の法則。
(mathematics) a standard procedure for solving a class of mathematical problems; "he determined the upper bound with Descartes' rule of signs"; "he gave us a general formula for attacking polynomials"数学上の問題のあるクラスを解決するための標準手続き公式
例:He determined the upper bound with Descartes' rule of signs. 彼はデカルトの記号代数に上限を定めた。
something regarded as a normative example; "the convention of not naming the main character"; "violence is the rule not the exception"; "his formula for impressing visitors"標準的な例と考えられるもの習慣
例:violence is the rule not the exception 暴力は例外ではなく常例である
a principle or condition that customarily governs behavior; "it was his rule to take a walk before breakfast"; "short haircuts were the regulation"慣習的に行動を支配する原則あるいは条件規程
例:it was his rule to take a walk before breakfast 朝食前に散歩をするのが彼のきまりだ
any one of a systematic body of regulations defining the way of life of members of a religious order; "the rule of St. Dominic"修道会のメンバーの生活様式を定めている規則の組織的集合体のいずれか一つ支配