physical objects consisting of a number of pages bound together | measuring stick consisting of a strip of wood or metal or plastic with a straight edge that is used for drawing straight lines and measuring lengths |
a number of sheets (ticket or stamps etc.) bound together on one edge | a principle or condition that customarily governs behavior |
a written work or composition that has been published (printed on pages bound together) | something regarded as a normative example |
a written version of a play or other dramatic composition; used in preparing for a performance | a rule or law concerning a natural phenomenon or the function of a complex system |
a compilation of the known facts regarding something or someone | a basic generalization that is accepted as true and that can be used as a basis for reasoning or conduct |
a major division of a long written composition | (mathematics) a standard procedure for solving a class of mathematical problems |
a collection of rules or prescribed standards on the basis of which decisions are made | prescribed guide for conduct or action |
a collection of playing cards satisfying the rules of a card game | (linguistics) a rule describing (or prescribing) a linguistic practice |
a record in which commercial accounts are recorded | directions that define the way a game or sport is to be conducted |
| any one of a systematic body of regulations defining the way of life of members of a religious order |
| dominance or power through legal authority |
| the duration of a monarch's or government's power |