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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]
Rule \Rule\, n. [OE. reule, riule, OF. riule, reule, F.
r['e]gle, fr. L. regula a ruler, rule, model, fr. regere,
rectum, to lead straight, to direct. See Right, a., and cf.
Regular.]
1. That which is prescribed or laid down as a guide for
conduct or action; a governing direction for a specific
purpose; an authoritative enactment; a regulation; a
prescription; a precept; as, the rules of various
societies; the rules governing a school; a rule of
etiquette or propriety; the rules of cricket.
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We profess to have embraced a religion which
contains the most exact rules for the government of
our lives. --Tillotson.
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2. Hence:
(a) Uniform or established course of things.
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'T is against the rule of nature. --Shak.
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(b) Systematic method or practice; as, my ule is to rise
at six o'clock.
(c) Ordibary course of procedure; usual way; comon state
or condition of things; as, it is a rule to which
there are many exeptions.
(d) Conduct in general; behavior. [Obs.]
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This uncivil rule; she shall know of it. --Shak.
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3. The act of ruling; administration of law; government;
empire; authority; control.
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Obey them that have the rule over you. --Heb. xiii.
17.
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His stern rule the groaning land obeyed. --Pope.
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4. (Law) An order regulating the practice of the courts, or
an order made between parties to an action or a suit.
--Wharton.
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5. (Math.) A determinate method prescribed for performing any
operation and producing a certain result; as, a rule for
extracting the cube root.
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6. (Gram.) A general principle concerning the formation or
use of words, or a concise statement thereof; thus, it is
a rule in England, that s or es, added to a noun in the
singular number, forms the plural of that noun; but
``man'' forms its plural ``men'', and is an exception to
the rule.
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7.
(a) A straight strip of wood, metal, or the like, which
serves as a guide in drawing a straight line; a ruler.
(b) A measuring instrument consisting of a graduated bar
of wood, ivory, metal, or the like, which is usually
marked so as to show inches and fractions of an inch,
and jointed so that it may be folded compactly.
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A judicious artist will use his eye, but he will
trust only to his rule. --South.
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8. (Print.)
(a) A thin plate of metal (usually brass) of the same
height as the type, and used for printing lines, as
between columns on the same page, or in tabular work.
(b) A composing rule. See under Conposing.
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As a rule, as a general thing; in the main; usually; as, he
behaves well, as a rule.
Board rule, Caliber rule, etc. See under Board,
Caliber, etc.
Rule joint, a knuckle joint having shoulders that abut when
the connected pieces come in line with each other, and
thus permit folding in one direction only.
Rule of the road (Law), any of the various regulations
imposed upon travelers by land or water for their mutual
convenience or safety. In the United States it is a rule
of the road that land travelers passing in opposite
directions shall turn out each to his own right, and
generally that overtaking persons or vehicles shall turn
out to the left; in England the rule for vehicles (but not
for pedestrians) is the opposite of this.
Rule of three (Arith.), that rule which directs, when three
terms are given, how to find a fourth, which shall have
the same ratio to the third term as the second has to the
first; proportion. See Proportion, 5
(b) .
Rule of thumb, any rude process or operation, like that of
using the thumb as a rule in measuring; hence, judgment
and practical experience as distinguished from scientific
knowledge.
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]
Rule \Rule\, n. [OE. reule, riule, OF. riule, reule, F.
r['e]gle, fr. L. regula a ruler, rule, model, fr. regere,
rectum, to lead straight, to direct. See Right, a., and cf.
Regular.]
1. That which is prescribed or laid down as a guide for
conduct or action; a governing direction for a specific
purpose; an authoritative enactment; a regulation; a
prescription; a precept; as, the rules of various
societies; the rules governing a school; a rule of
etiquette or propriety; the rules of cricket.
We profess to have embraced a religion which
contains the most exact rules for the government of
our lives. --Tillotson.
2. Hence:
(a) Uniform or established course of things.
'T is against the rule of nature. --Shak.
(b) Systematic method or practice; as, my ule is to rise
at six o'clock.
(c) Ordibary course of procedure; usual way; comon state
or condition of things; as, it is a rule to which
there are many exeptions.
(d) Conduct in general; behavior. [Obs.]
This uncivil rule; she shall know of it. --Shak.
3. The act of ruling; administration of law; government;
empire; authority; control.
Obey them that have the rule over you. --Heb. xiii.
17.
His stern rule the groaning land obeyed. --Pope.
4. (Law) An order regulating the practice of the courts, or
an order made between parties to an action or a suit.
--Wharton.
5. (Math.) A determinate method prescribed for performing any
operation and producing a certain result; as, a rule for
extracting the cube root.
6. (Gram.) A general principle concerning the formation or
use of words, or a concise statement thereof; thus, it is
a rule in England, that s or es, added to a noun in the
singular number, forms the plural of that noun; but
``man'' forms its plural ``men'', and is an exception to
the rule.
7.
(a) A straight strip of wood, metal, or the like, which
serves as a guide in drawing a straight line; a ruler.
(b) A measuring instrument consisting of a graduated bar
of wood, ivory, metal, or the like, which is usually
marked so as to show inches and fractions of an inch,
and jointed so that it may be folded compactly.
A judicious artist will use his eye, but he will
trust only to his rule. --South.
8. (Print.)
(a) A thin plate of metal (usually brass) of the same
height as the type, and used for printing lines, as
between columns on the same page, or in tabular work.
(b) A composing rule. See under Conposing.
As a rule, as a general thing; in the main; usually; as, he
behaves well, as a rule.
Board rule, Caliber rule, etc. See under Board,
Caliber, etc.
Rule joint, a knuckle joint having shoulders that abut when
the connected pieces come in line with each other, and
thus permit folding in one direction only.
Rule of three (Arith.), that rule which directs, when three
terms are given, how to find a fourth, which shall have
the same ratio to the third term as the second has to the
first; proportion. See Proportion, 5
(b) .
Rule of thumb, any rude process or operation, like that of
using the thumb as a rule in measuring; hence, judgment
and practical experience as distinguished from scientific
knowledge.
Syn: regulation; law; precept; maxim; guide; canon; order;
method; direction; control; government; sway; empire.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 : [ wn ]
rule of thumb
n : a rule or principle that provides guidance to appropriate
behavior [syn: guidepost, guideline]
From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
rule of thumb
n.
1 A general guideline, rather than a strict rule; an approximate
measure or means of reckoning based on experience or common knowledge.
2 (lb en attributive usually hyphenated) approximate, guesstimate.
From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]
rule of thumb
n.
1 A general guideline, rather than a strict rule; an approximate
measure or means of reckoning based on experience or common knowledge.
2 (lb en attributive usually hyphenated) approximate, guesstimate.
From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]
rule of thumb
n.
1 A general guideline, rather than a strict rule; an approximate
measure or means of reckoning based on experience or common knowledge.
2 (lb en attributive usually hyphenated) approximate, guesstimate.
From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]
rule of thumb
n.
1 A general guideline, rather than a strict rule; an approximate
measure or means of reckoning based on experience or common knowledge.
2 (lb en attributive usually hyphenated) approximate, guesstimate.
From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
rule of thumb
Englanti n.
nyrkkisääntö
From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
rule of thumb
Engelska n.
tumregel
From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]
rule of thumb /ɹˈuːl ɒv θˈʌm/
odhad "od oka"
From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 : [ freedict:eng-deu ]
rule of thumb /ɹˈuːl ɒv θˈʌm/
Faustformel [math.]
"by rule of thumb" - als Faustformel, über den Daumen gepeilt
From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 : [ freedict:eng-deu ]
rule of thumb /ɹˈuːl ɒv θˈʌm/
Faustregel
"as a rule of thumb" - als Faustregel gilt, als Faustregel kann man sagen
Synonym: rule of the thumb
see: rules of thumb, rules of the thumb
From English-suomi FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-fin ]
rule of thumb /ɹˈuːl ɒv θˈʌm/
nyrkkisääntö, peukalosääntö
general guideline rather than a strict rule
From English-Hungarian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.1 : [ freedict:eng-hun ]
rule of thumb /ɹˈuːl ɒv θˈʌm/
hozzávetôleges számítás
From English-日本語 (にほんご) FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-jpn ]
rule of thumb /ɹˈuːl ɒv θˈʌm/
大体の目安, 目の子算
general guideline rather than a strict rule
From English-Svenska FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-swe ]
rule of thumb /ɹˈuːl ɒv θˈʌm/
tumregel
general guideline rather than a strict rule
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 : [ moby-thesaurus ]
22 Moby Thesaurus words for "rule of thumb":
R and D, control, control experiment, controlled experiment,
cut and try, empiricism, experiment, experimental design,
experimental method, experimental proof, experimentalism,
experimentation, hit and miss, noble experiment, pragmatism,
research and development, tentative method, tentativeness, testing,
trial, trial and error, trying
From Stardic English-Chinese Dictionary : [ stardic ]
单凭经验来做的方法,比较粗糙的方法
From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary : [ xdict ]
n. 单凭经验的方法
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