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an abstract or general idea inferred or derived from specific instancessynonyms: beeld, voorstellingtypes:cat., categorie, klas, klasse, rubrieka general concept that marks divisions or coordinations in a conceptual schemeattribuuta construct whereby objects or individuals can be distinguishedgrootheidthe concept that something has a magnitude and can be represented in mathematical expressions by a constant or a variablehoofdafdelingone of the portions into which something is regarded as divided and which together constitute a wholenatuurrecht, natuurwet, spellingregel, spellingsregel, spelregel, wet, wetgevinga rule or body of rules of conduct inherent in human nature and essential to or binding upon human societynatuurwet, spellingregel, spellingsregel, spelregela generalization that describes recurring facts or events in naturea-priori, apriori, apriorisme, assumptie, basisbegrip, grondbegrip, hypothese, postulaat, premisse, presumptie, presuppositie, suppositie, theorie, vooronderstellinga tentative insight into the natural world; a concept that is not yet verified but that if true would explain certain facts or phenomenarecht, rechtsgoedan abstract idea of that which is due to a person or governmental body by law or tradition or naturesoorta category of things distinguished by some common characteristic or qualityvuistregela rule or principle that provides guidance to appropriate behaviorkaraktera characteristic property that defines the apparent individual nature of somethingvariabelea quantity that can assume any of a set of valuesconstantea quantity that does not varyparametera quantity (such as the mean or variance) that characterizes a statistical population and that can be estimated by calculations from sample dataprodukta quantity obtained by multiplicationbestanddeel, component, constituent, element, factor, ingrediënt, vermenigvuldigingsfactoran abstract part of somethingcompositie, compositum, samenstelling, verbindinga whole formed by a union of two or more elements or partsbasisprincipe, beginsel, grondbeginsel, grondprincipe, grondregel, grondstelling, hoofdregel, maxime, oerprincipe, principe, stelregela basic truth or law or assumptionbasisprincipe, beginsel, grondbeginsel, grondprincipe, grondregel, grondstelling, hoofdregel, maxime, oerprincipe, principe, stelregela rule or law concerning a natural phenomenon or the function of a complex systemconjectuur, speculatie, vermoeden, windhandela hypothesis that has been formed by speculating or conjecturing (usually with little hard evidence)a-priori, apriori, apriorisme, assumptie, basisbegrip, grondbegrip, hypothese, postulaat, premisse, presumptie, presuppositie, suppositie, vooronderstellinga hypothesis that is taken for grantedbinomium, tweeterm(mathematics) a quantity expressed as a sum or difference of two terms; a polynomial with two termsklankweta law describing sound changes in the history of a languageronde(sports) a division during which one team is on the offensivekinderkaart, speelhelftone of two divisions into which some games or performances are divided: the two divisions are separated by an intervalover(cricket) the division of play during which six balls are bowled at the batsman by one player from the other team from the same end of the pitch
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