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 | category name |
a principle or condition that customarily governs behavior | a title or heading that is printed in red or in a special type |
something regarded as a normative example | an explanation or definition of an obscure word in a text |
a rule or law concerning a natural phenomenon or the function of a complex system | an authoritative rule of conduct or procedure |
a basic generalization that is accepted as true and that can be used as a basis for reasoning or conduct | directions for the conduct of Christian church services (often printed in red in a prayer book) |
(mathematics) a standard procedure for solving a class of mathematical problems | a heading that names a statute or legislative bill; may give a brief summary of the matters it deals with |
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 | |