whole an assemblage of parts that is regarded as a single entity; "how big is that part compared to the whole?"; "the team is a unit"
natural law,
law the learned profession that is mastered by graduate study in a law school and that is responsible for the judicial system; "he studied law at Yale"
law of nature,
law the learned profession that is mastered by graduate study in a law school and that is responsible for the judicial system; "he studied law at Yale"
lexicalized concept a concept that is expressed by a word (in some particular language)
hypothesis,
theory,
possibility a tentative insight into the natural world; a concept that is not yet verified but that if true would explain certain facts or phenomena; "a scientific hypothesis that survives experimental testing becomes a scientific theory"; "he proposed a fresh theory of alkalis that later was accepted in chemical practices"
fact a piece of information about circumstances that exist or events that have occurred; "first you must collect all the facts of the case"
conception -
the creation of something in the mind
concoction the invention of a scheme or story to suit some purpose; "his testimony was a concoction"; "she has no peer in the concoction of mystery stories"
conception -
the event that occurred at the beginning of something; "from its creation the plan was doomed to failure"
conception -
The power or faculty of apprehending of forming an idea in the mind; the power of recalling a past sensation or perception; the ability to form mentalabstractions.
