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self-winding collapse: designed so that manual winding is unnecessary; "a self-winding watch"

rule collapse: measuring stick consisting of a strip of wood or metal or plastic with a straight edge that is used for drawing straight lines and measuring lengths; a principle or condition that customarily governs behavior; "it was his rule to take a walk before breakfast"; "short haircuts were the regulation"; (mathematics) a standard procedure for solving a class of mathematical problems; "he determined the upper bound with Descartes' rule of signs"; "he gave us a general formula for attacking polynomials"; any one of a systematic body of regulations defining the way of life of members of a religious order; "the rule of St. Dominic"; prescribed guide for conduct or action; directions that define the way a game or sport is to be conducted; "he knew the rules of chess"; (linguistics) a rule describing (or prescribing) a linguistic practice; the duration of a monarch's or government's power; "during the rule of Elizabeth"; keep in check; "rule one's temper"; decide with authority; "The King decreed that all firstborn males should be killed"; decide on and make a declaration about; "find someone guilty"; mark or draw with a ruler; "rule the margins"; have an affinity with; of signs of the zodiac

in practice collapse: in practical applications; "will this work in practice?"

colonialism collapse: exploitation by a stronger country of weaker one; the use of the weaker country's resources to strengthen and enrich the stronger country

prevail collapse: use persuasion successfully; "He prevailed upon her to visit his parents"; prove superior; "The champion prevailed, though it was a hard fight"; continue to exist; "These stories die hard"; "The legend of Elvis endures"; be valid, applicable, or true; "This theory still holds"

struggling collapse: engaged in a struggle to overcome especially poverty or obscurity; "a financially struggling theater"; "struggling artists"

operating collapse: involved in a kind of operation; "the operating conditions of the oxidation pond"

truth collapse: a fact that has been verified; "at last he knew the truth"; "the truth is that he didn't want to do it"; a true statement; "he told the truth"; "he thought of answering with the truth but he knew they wouldn't believe it"; United States abolitionist and feminist who was freed from slavery and became a leading advocate of the abolition of slavery and for the rights of women (1797-1883); conformity to reality or actuality; "they debated the truth of the proposition"; "the situation brought home to us the blunt truth of the military threat"; "he was famous for the truth of his portraits"; "he turned to religion in his search for eternal verities"

disqualify collapse: make unfit or unsuitable; "Your income disqualifies you"; declare unfit; "She was disqualified for the Olympics because she was a professional athlete"

rank and file collapse: the ordinary members of an organization (such as the enlisted soldiers of an army); "the strike was supported by the union rank and file"; "he rose from the ranks to become a colonel"; people who constitute the main body of any group

empiricism collapse: the application of empirical methods in any art or science; (philosophy) the doctrine that knowledge derives from experience

mode collapse: the most frequent value of a random variable; any of various fixed orders of the various diatonic notes within an octave; a particular functioning condition or arrangement; "switched from keyboard to voice mode"

polymerization collapse: a chemical process that combines several monomers to form a polymer or polymeric compound

postulate collapse: (logic) a proposition that is accepted as true in order to provide a basis for logical reasoning; take as a given; assume as a postulate or axiom; "He posited three basic laws of nature"

decoding collapse: the activity of making clear or converting from code into plain text; "a secret key or password is required for decryption"

self-determination collapse: determination of one's own fate or course of action without compulsion

martial law collapse: the body of law imposed by the military over civilian affairs (usually in time of war or civil crisis); overrides civil law

necromantic collapse: given to or produced by or used in the art of conjuring up the dead; "a necromantic sorcerer"; "necromantic delusions"; "necromantic powders and other weird objects"; relating to or associated with necromancy; "mysterious necromantic rites"

yardstick collapse: a ruler or tape that is three feet long; a measure or standard used for comparison; "on what kind of yardstick is he basing his judgment?"

improvisation collapse: an unplanned expedient; a creation spoken or written or composed extemporaneously (without prior preparation)

businesslike collapse: exhibiting methodical and systematic characteristics that would be useful in business; not distracted by anything unrelated to the goal

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