This basic principle, the first in a richly knotted bundle, was conveyed to me by Dr. Henry Lee Smith, Jr., at the University of Buffalo, where he heads the world's first department of anthropology and linguistics.

An alphabet is a standard set of letters ( basic written symbols or graphemes ) which is used to write one or more languages based on the general principle that the letters represent phonemes ( basic significant sounds ) of the spoken language.

As a basic starting point it is normally assumed that, for the purposes of analysis, the general algorithm is known ; this is Shannon's Maxim " the enemy knows the system " -- in its turn, equivalent to Kerckhoffs ' principle.

J. Bowyer Bell, in his The Irish Troubles, describes Maguire's opinion in 1986, " abstentionism was a basic tenet of republicanism, a moral issue of principle.

* Canon ( basic principle )

The attraction between male and female is the basic principle of material

In Taoism, qi functions similarly to pneuma in terms of a prime matter ( a basic principle of energetic transformation ) that accounts for both biological and inanimate phenomena.

The basic principle of displacement chromatography is:

In 1873, Frederick Guthrie discovered the basic principle of operation of thermionic diodes.

The basic principle of dimensional analysis was known to Isaac Newton ( 1686 ) who referred to it as the " Great Principle of Similitude ".

" Moreover, " he basic principle of altruism is that man has no right to exist for his own sake, that service to others is the only justification for his existence, and that self-sacrifice is his highest moral duty, virtue or value.

Though discouraging, the failure of choice to lead to overall improvement often seems to reflect weaknesses in the way that choice is implemented rather than a failure of the basic principle itself.

That said, the basic principle behind firearm operation remains unchanged to this day.

The basic principle of acting " with harm to none " is mentioned repeatedly in the Ordains, a body of traditional guidelines for behavior both within the coven and within the larger human community.

A March 1906 Scientific American article by American hydrofoil pioneer William E. Meacham explained the basic principle of hydrofoils.

This basic principle of insurance must be followed if insurance companies are to remain solvent.

A basic principle of boxing, and other combat sports is to defend against this vulnerability by keeping both hands raised about the face and the chin tucked in.

From this same perspective, readers of alphabetic languages must understand the alphabetic principle to master basic reading skills.

We are now in a position like that of the British Interplanetary Society of the 1930s which described how multistage liquid-fueled rockets could reach the Moon and pointed to early rockets as illustrations of the basic principle.

Furthermore, to the postulates of quantum mechanics one should also add basic statements on the properties of spin and Pauli's exclusion principle, see below.

The property of spin relates to another basic property concerning systems of N identical particles: Pauli's exclusion principle, which is a consequence of the following permutation behaviour of an N-particle wave function ; again in the position representation one must postulate that for the transposition of any two of the N particles one always should have

Although spin and the Pauli principle can only be derived from relativistic generalizations of quantum mechanics the properties mentioned in the last two paragraphs belong to the basic postulates already in the non-relativistic limit.

A basic principle of whether a given dough can be used for mitzva matzo is that doughs that do not have the potential of becoming chametz by simply sitting for 18 minutes cannot be made into mitzva matzo.

On 23 October, following the transfer of the wounded to the military hospital and provision of basic supplies, the convoy sailed on towards Lisbon, leaving Bellerophon and Majestic behind for more extensive repairs.

The basic theory behind all business organizations is that, by combining certain functions within a single entity, a business ( usually called a firm by economists ) can operate more efficiently, and thereby realize a greater profit.

* Camel kicks: ( done with the partners positioned side-by-side ) the same movement as the basic but where the non-planted foot kicks on each slow, and where the quick-quicks are done with one foot behind the other ( in tandem ).

In the basic version of the experiment, a coherent light source such as a laser beam illuminates a thin plate pierced by two parallel slits, and the light passing through the slits is observed on a screen behind the plate.

Bipedalism is the basic adaption of the Hominin line and is considered the main cause behind a suite of skeletal changes shared by all bipedal hominins.

The basic idea behind hedonistic thought is that pleasure is the only thing that is good for a person.

His theory of justice uses a device called the original position to ask us which principles of justice we would choose to regulate the basic institutions of our society if we were behind a ' veil of ignorance.

Some premillennialists, while accepting many of the basic beliefs behind the series, describe problems with specific prophetical teachings in the Left Behind books.

* That the basic layout would continue with the original's front-midship rear-drive configuration with the engine positioned ahead of the driver but behind the front axle for 50: 50 weight distribution.

Rawls used a thought experiment, the original position, in which representative parties choose principles of justice for the basic structure of society from behind a veil of ignorance.

At the end of this period a new landscape emerges: the northern Canaanite cities still existed, more or less intact, and became the Phoenicians ; the highlands behind the coastal plains, previously largely uninhabited, were rapidly filling with villages, largely Canaanite in their basic culture but without the Bronze Age city-state structure ; and along the southern coastal plain there are clear signs that a non-Canaanite people had taken over the former Canaanite cities while adopting almost all aspects of Canaanite culture.

The emphasis was put on a very fast development of heavy industry and the nation became one of the world's top manufacturers of a large number of basic and heavy industrial products, but it lagged behind in the output of light industrial production and consumer durables.

One of the basic tenets behind the self-help movement is that since a cure does not exist, quality of living can be improved by not thinking about the stammer for prolonged periods.

The basic idea behind exhibiting authentic artifacts is to provide not only legitimacy to the exhibit's historical narrative but, at times, to help create the narrative as well.

* A basic camel spin ( also known as a parallel or arabesque spin ) is performed by assuming an arabesque position ( or spiral position ) with the free leg extended behind at hip level, parallel to the ice surface.

In his landmark paper published in 1961, he described the basic concept which was later used by Allan McLeod Cormack to develop the mathematics behind computerized tomography.

The basic concept behind any fusion reaction is to bring two or more nuclei close enough together so that the residual strong force ( nuclear force ) in their nuclei will pull them together into one larger nucleus.

Yet it is basic evidence gathering by using Packet Capture Appliances that puts criminals behind bars.

For example, it is the basic motivation behind datatype.

The basic idea of the mixed economy is that the means of production are mainly under private ownership ; that markets remain the dominant form of economic coordination ; and that profit-seeking enterprises and the accumulation of capital remain the fundamental driving force behind economic activity.

* The Economist Has No Clothes – essay by Robert Nadeau in Scientific American on the basic assumptions behind current economic theory

In between interviews and workout demonstrations with Ferrigno and Schwarzenegger, Schwarzenegger explains the basic concepts behind bodybuilding.

There are different types of fingerprint readers on the market, but the basic idea behind each is to measure the physical difference between ridges and valleys.