げんり

See also: けんり

Japanese

For pronunciation and definitions of げんり – see the following entry.

【原理】 [noun] Principle. [noun] A fundamental truth that bases on. [noun] An eternal law that is common over lots of fact. [noun] (philosophy) A basic fact which explains why something exists. [noun] (physics) A basic scientific law which explains how a thing works, especially, that is quite primitive and have been found at very long ago; a principle.

(This term, げんり (genri), is the hiragana spelling of the above term.)