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定ding6律leot6

ding6 leot6dìng lǜ

English

  1. scientific law (e.g. law of conservation of energy)
  2. (in human affairs) a generalization based on observation (e.g. "power corrupts")
  3. scientific law; axiom

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 由事物發展嘅規律而綜合出嚟嘅定律

Examples

  • 有關摩亞定律,喺 2020 年代初有研究者指出,電晶體就快縮到得返原子咁細粒,到咗極限,所以唔會再點樣變細。

    Regarding Moore's Law, some researchers in the early 2020s pointed out that the transistor was about to shrink back to atom-sized particles, reaching the limit, so it wouldn't get smaller.

    Tatoeba CC BY

  • 分析師最初可能會提出一個定律,即係「/u/ 代表現在式嘅形態原,而 /ta/ 代表過去式嘅形態原」等等。

    Tatoeba · Davidgo5867 CC BY

  • 沒有任何事物能逃脫墨菲定律。

    Nothing is exempt from Murphy's Law.

    Tatoeba · LeviHighway CC BY

  • 對馬爾薩斯虛構的「土地耗盡」定律最有力的反駁,是蘇聯集體農場的時間。

    The best refutation of the imaginary Malthusian laws of "land depletion" is the practice of Soviet collective farming.

    Tatoeba · LeviHighway CC BY

  • 自然界嘅定律

    the laws of nature

Sources: cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk

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