lawlike
lawlike adjective: having characteristics of a law.
Adjective
lawlike (comparative more lawlike, superlative most lawlike)
- Having characteristics of a law.
- First there is the rather enormous inductive leap made by Newton when he assumes that the lawlike connection between accelerated motions and inertial forces holds at every place, at every time, and in the same manner always.1977, Lawrence Sklar, Space, Time, and Spacetime, page 185
Forms of lawlike
| comparative | more lawlike |
|---|---|
| superlative | most lawlike |
| alternative form | law-like |
Origin of lawlike
From law + -like.
Words formed from lawlike
Questions about lawlike
- What does lawlike mean?
- Lawlike means having characteristics of a law.
- What part of speech is lawlike?
- Lawlike is an adjective.
Words near lawlike in the dictionary
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