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WORKING PRINCIPLE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does working principle mean?
• WORKING PRINCIPLE (noun)
The noun WORKING PRINCIPLE has 1 sense:
1. a rule that is adequate to permit work to be done
Familiarity information: WORKING PRINCIPLE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A rule that is adequate to permit work to be done
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Synonyms:
working principle; working rule
Hypernyms ("working principle" is a kind of...):
regulation; rule (a principle or condition that customarily governs behavior)
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