to violate a principle

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• Principle of locality — In physics, the principle of locality is that distant objects cannot have direct influence on one another: an object is influenced directly only by its immediate surroundings. This was stated as follows by Albert Einstein in his article Quantum… …   Wikipedia

• violate — vi‧o‧late [ˈvaɪəleɪt] verb [transitive] 1. LAW to disobey a law or do something that is against an official agreement, rule etc: • The contractors violated the law by laying off workers without notice. • The proposed legislation would violate… …   Financial and business terms

• violate — vi·o·late / vī ə ˌlāt/ vt lat·ed, lat·ing: to go against (as a prohibition or principle): fail to observe or respect violate a law civil rights were violated violate due process vi·o·la·tion /ˌvī ə lā shən/ n …   Law dictionary

• Principle of maximum entropy — This article is about the probability theoretic principle. For the classifier in machine learning, see maximum entropy classifier. For other uses, see maximum entropy (disambiguation). Bayesian statistics Theory Bayesian probability Probability… …   Wikipedia

• principle — noun 1 basic general rule ADJECTIVE ▪ basic, broad, central, fundamental, general, underlying ▪ the basic principles of car maintenance ▪ b …   Collocations dictionary

• violate — UK [ˈvaɪəleɪt] / US [ˈvaɪəˌleɪt] verb [transitive] Word forms violate : present tense I/you/we/they violate he/she/it violates present participle violating past tense violated past participle violated 1) to do something that is in opposition to a …   English dictionary

• sufficient reason, principle of — Principle usually associated with Leibniz, for whom it had a fundamental status, although found in earlier medieval thought, particularly that of Abelard . It is sometimes described as the principle that nothing can be so without there being a… …   Philosophy dictionary

• violate — verb (T) 1 to disobey or do something against an official agreement, law, principle etc: practices that violate health and safety regulations | The arrest and detention of the protestors violated their civil liberties. 2 formal to break open a… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• violate — verb ADVERB ▪ blatantly, flagrantly ▪ They have flagrantly violated the treaty. ▪ clearly ▪ Some companies have clearly violated the rules. ▪ …   Collocations dictionary

• violate — vi|o|late [ˈvaıəleıt] v [T] [Date: 1400 1500; : Latin; Origin: , past participle of violare] 1.) to disobey or do something against an official agreement, law, principle etc ▪ 34 protesters were arrested for violating criminal law. ▪ regimes that …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• violate — vi|o|late [ vaıə,leıt ] verb transitive 1. ) to do something that is in opposition to a law, agreement, principle, etc.: Companies that violate environmental laws will be heavily fined. Human rights are being violated every day in their prisons.… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English