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Definition of Principia
1. n. pl. First principles; fundamental beginnings; elements; as. Newton's Principia.
Definition of Principia
1. principium [n] - See also: principium
Lexicographical Neighbors of Principia
Literary usage of Principia
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. History of the Inductive Sciences from the Earliest to the Present Time by William Whewell (1858)
"THE principia. Sect. 2.—Reception of the principia. LORD BROUGHAM has very
recently (Analytical View of Sir Isaac Newton's principia, 1855) shown a strong ..."
2. History of the Inductive Sciences from the Earliest to the Present Time by William Whewell (1857)
"THE principia. Sect. 2.—Reception of the principia. LORD BROUGHAM has very
recently (Analytical Viewof Sir Isaac Newton's principia, 1855) shown a strong ..."
3. History of the Inductive Sciences from the Earliest to the Present Time by William Whewell (1859)
"THE principia. Sect. 2.—Reception of the principia. LORD BROUGHAM has very
recently (Analytical View of Sir Isaac Newton's principia, 1855) shown a strong ..."
4. A History of European Thought in the Nineteenth Century by John Theodore Merz (1896)
"The ' principia ' give Newton's definitions.1 Second, The definitions must be given
... that the publication of the ' principia,' containing the gravitation ..."
5. A History of European Thought in the Nineteenth Century by John Theodore Merz (1907)
"The ' principia ' give Newton's definitions.1 Second, The definitions must be given
... that the publication of the ' principia,' containing the gravitation ..."
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