principia
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principia
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Learned borrowing from Latin prī̆ncipia.
noun principium
- First principles; elementary material. 1776, Thomas Pownall, in a letter to the economist Adam Smith I do really think, that your book […] might become an institute, containing the principia of those laws of motion, by which the system of the human community is framed and doth act […]
Talk about this word "principia." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/principia. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. principia. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/principia "principia." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/principia.Cite this
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