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entity go
that which is perceived or known or inferred to have its own distinct existence (living or nonliving)

abstraction, abstract entity go
a general concept formed by extracting common features from specific examples

psychological feature go
a feature of the mental life of a living organism

cognition, knowledge, noesis go
the psychological result of perception and learning and reasoning

content, cognitive content, mental object go
the sum or range of what has been perceived, discovered, or learned

thought, idea go
the content of cognition

conception, concept, construct go
an abstract or general idea inferred or derived from specific instances

law, law of nature go
a generalization that describes recurring facts or events in nature

rule, principle
a rule or law concerning a natural phenomenon or the function of a complex system

noun.cognition

12 Subcategories

Gestalt law of organization, Gestalt principle of organization go
a principle of Gestalt psychology that identifies factors leading to particular forms of perceptual organization
Le Chatelier's principle, Le Chatelier's law, Le Chatelier principle, Le Chatelier-Braun principle go
the principle that if any change is imposed on a system that is in equilibrium then the system tends to adjust to a new equilibrium counteracting the change
Gresham's Law go
(economics) the principle that when two kinds of money having the same denominational value are in circulation the intrinsically more valuable money will be hoarded and the money of lower intrinsic value will circulate more freely until the intrinsically more valuable money is driven out of circulation
mass-energy equivalence go
(physics) the principle that a measured quantity of mass is equivalent (according to relativity theory) to a measured quantity of energy
Naegele's rule go
rule for calculating an expected delivery date
Occam's Razor, Ockham's Razor, principle of parsimony, law of parsimony go
the principle that entities should not be multiplied needlessly
principle of equivalence go
(physics) the principle that an observer has no way of distinguishing whether his laboratory is in a uniform gravitational field or is in an accelerated frame of reference
principle of liquid displacement go
(hydrostatics) the volume of a body immersed in a fluid is equal to the volume of the displaced fluid
principle of superposition, Huygens' principle of superposition go
the displacement of any point due to the superposition of wave systems is equal to the sum of the displacements of the individual waves at that point
superposition, principle of superposition, superposition principle go
(geology) the principle that in a series of stratified sedimentary rocks the lowest stratum is the oldest
mass-action principle, mass action go
(neurology) the principle that the cortex of the brain operates as a coordinated system with large masses of neural tissue involved in all complex functioning
localization, localisation, localization of function, localisation of function, localization principle, localisation principle go
(physiology) the principle that specific functions have relatively circumscribed locations in some particular part or organ of the body