law of motion
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～ one of three basic laws of classical mechanics
law of closure
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～ a Gestalt principle of organization holding that there is an innate tendency to perceive incomplete objects as complete and to close or fill gaps and to perceive asymmetric stimuli as symmetric
law of conservation of matter
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～ a fundamental principle of classical physics that matter cannot be created or destroyed in an isolated system
Lawrence of Arabia
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～ Welsh soldier who from 1916 to 1918 organized the Arab revolt against the Turks; he later wrote an account of his adventures (1888-1935)
law of areas
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～ a law concerning the speed at which planets travel; a line connecting a planet to the sun will sweep out equal areas in equal times; "Kepler's second law means that a planet's orbital speed changes with its distance from the sun"
Law of Moses
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～ the laws (beginning with the Ten Commandments) that God gave to the Israelites through Moses; it includes many rules of religious observance given in the first five books of the Old Testament (in Judaism these books are called the Torah)
law of averages
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～ a law affirming that in the long run probabilities will determine performance
law of independent assortment
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～ each member of a pair of homologous chromosomes separates independently of the members of other pairs so the results are random
law of nations
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～ the body of laws governing relations between nations
labor of love
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～ productive work performed voluntarily without material reward or compensation
labour of love
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～ productive work performed voluntarily without material reward or compensation
letter of marque
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～ a license to a private citizen to seize property of another nation
letter of intent
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～ any letter expressing an intention to take (or forgo) some action
Letter of Jeremiah
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～ an Apocryphal book consisting of a letter ascribed to Jeremiah to the Jews in exile in Babylon warning them against idolatry
letter of credit
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～ a document issued by a bank that guarantees the payment of a customer's draft; substitutes the bank's credit for the customer's credit
letters of marque
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～ a license to a private citizen to seize property of another nation
letters of administration
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～ legal document naming someone to administer an estate when no executor has been named
light-of-love
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～ a woman inconstant in love
life-of-man
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～ unarmed woody rhizomatous perennial plant distinguished from wild sarsaparilla by more aromatic roots and panicled umbels; southeastern North America to Mexico
line of fire
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～ the path of a missile discharged from a firearm