prescribed guide for conduct or action | 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 principle or condition that customarily governs behavior |
| something regarded as a normative example |
| a rule or law concerning a natural phenomenon or the function of a complex system |
| a basic generalization that is accepted as true and that can be used as a basis for reasoning or conduct |
| (mathematics) a standard procedure for solving a class of mathematical problems |
| prescribed guide for conduct or action |
| (linguistics) a rule describing (or prescribing) a linguistic practice |
| 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 |