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 | physical objects consisting of a number of pages bound together |
a principle or condition that customarily governs behavior | a number of sheets (ticket or stamps etc.) bound together on one edge |
something regarded as a normative example | a written work or composition that has been published (printed on pages bound together) |
a rule or law concerning a natural phenomenon or the function of a complex system | a written version of a play or other dramatic composition; used in preparing for a performance |
a basic generalization that is accepted as true and that can be used as a basis for reasoning or conduct | a compilation of the known facts regarding something or someone |
(mathematics) a standard procedure for solving a class of mathematical problems | a major division of a long written composition |
prescribed guide for conduct or action | a collection of rules or prescribed standards on the basis of which decisions are made |
(linguistics) a rule describing (or prescribing) a linguistic practice | a collection of playing cards satisfying the rules of a card game |
directions that define the way a game or sport is to be conducted | a record in which commercial accounts are recorded |
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 | |