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.

The basic principle behind observance of this vow lies in the fact that life changes.

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.

The most basic overdrive effect involves clipping the signal when its absolute value exceeds a certain threshold.

In this method strands are overlaid upon the basic weaving surface to obtain a plastic effect.

Criticism of Christianity continues to date, e. g. Jewish and Muslim theologians criticize the doctrine of the Trinity held by most Christians, stating that this doctrine in effect assumes that there are three Gods, running against the basic tenet of monotheism.

In the most basic model, cause ( X ) leads to effect ( Y ).

The effect of expansion during freezing can be dramatic, and is a basic cause of freeze-thaw weathering of rock in nature.

This effect is basic to all Newtonian dynamics, which says that everything from sound to the trajectory of a thrown baseball should all remain the same in the aircraft as sitting still on the Earth.

The most basic overdrive effect involves clipping the signal when its absolute value exceeds a certain threshold.

The basic rule is that a lower tension creates more power ( from a " trampoline " effect ) and a higher string tension creates more control ( the less ' trampoline effect ' the more predictable the power and angle of the departure from the string bed.

However, gunpowder smoke and the solid residues are basic, and as such the net effect of fireworks on acid rain is debatable.

The Basic Law for the Federal Republic of Germany () was approved on 8 May 1949, and, with the signature of the Allies of World War II on 12 May, came into effect on 23 May, as the basic law of those states of West Germany that were initially included in the Republic.

The basic assumption of the multiplier effect is that the economy starts off with unused resources, for example, that many workers are cyclically unemployed and much of industrial capacity is sitting idle or incompletely utilized.

The genuine effect of processing food by ionizing radiation relates to damages to the DNA, the basic genetic information for life.

The basic salary of a member of the House of Commons was increased to £ 64, 766 with effect from 1 April 2009.

* Meanwhile, Bayan urged the Supreme Court to " check serious threats to civil liberties and basic freedoms " including the anti-terror law or the Human Security Act of 2007, which took effect on 15 July despite protests from leftist groups.

The SAG Constitution and Bylaws state that, " No member shall work as a performer or make an agreement to work as a performer for any producer who has not executed a basic minimum agreement with the Guild which is in full force and effect.

Most of the ink remains in the skin as the cut heals, and will have the same basic effect as a tattoo.

He originally intended this to produce VTOL lift, and then use the same basic effect to provide for high-speed, high-altitude flight.

" " Vitalists claim to be scientific, but in fact they reject the scientific method with its basic postulates of cause and effect and of provability.

In his book Stumbling on Happiness, psychologist Daniel Gilbert describes research suggesting that money makes a significant difference to the poor ( where basic needs are not yet met ), but has a greatly diminished effect once one reaches middle class ( i. e. the Easterlin paradox ).

The Lense – Thirring effect certainly satisfies the very basic and broad notion that " matter there influences inertia here " The plane of the pendulum would not be dragged around if the shell of matter were not present, or if it were not spinning.

A basic theatrical effect, designed to create a jet or fountain of sparks, is referred to as a gerb.

The Gauquelins concentrated on the analysis of a basic tenet of astrological doctrine, the results of which, they claimed, affirmed the existence of a correlation between the positions of the planets at the moment of an individual ’ s birth, the psychological character and the effect of this character upon their careers.

A basic guide for the effect of environment on decomposition is given as Casper's Law ( or Ratio ): if all other factors are equal, then, when there is free access of air a body decomposes twice as fast than if immersed in water and eight times faster than if buried in earth.

A basic law is either a codified constitution, or in countries with uncodified constitutions, a law given to have constitution powers and effect.