The assumption seems to have been made that because mechanisms (and so also organisms) work in accordance with physical and chemical laws, they are wholly explicable as the resultants of the operation of these laws.
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Physical law
Synonyms for "physical law" (21 found)
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Noun(3 words)
basic physical lawlaw of energy conservationlaw of motion
Adjective(2 words)
classroom concepteducational term
Strong matches (6)
Adjective(5 words)
Noun(1 words)
laws of thermodynamics
Related words (10)
Adjective(8 words)
particular lawphysical principlephysics-basedscientificscientific lawscientific physical lawspecific lawuniversal physical law
Noun(1 words)
physics laws
Determiner(1 words)
the laws
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8 entriesBoyle's lawHooke's lawNewton's lawsOhm's lawconservation of energygas lawgravity lawlaw of gravity
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8 entriesNewton's lawsestablished physical laweveryday physical lawfundamental physical lawnatural physical lawscientific lawuniversal physical lawwell established physical law
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1 entriesphysical laws
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No organism can behave in a manner that would break or contradict physical and chemical laws.
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The unifying features are the saltwater itself and the fact that the variations are controlled by universal chemical, physical and biological laws.
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the celebrated Northampton Tables agree with Demoivre's hypothesis in their money results, though by no means exhibiting the same physical law of life
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