an opinion formed beforehand without adequate evidence
preconception
Noun
a partiality that prevents objective consideration of an issue or situation
prepossession
Noun
an opinion formed beforehand without adequate evidence
prepossession
Noun
the condition of being prepossessed
parti pris
Noun
an opinion formed beforehand without adequate evidence
preconceived opinion
Noun
an opinion formed beforehand without adequate evidence
preconceived idea
Noun
an opinion formed beforehand without adequate evidence
preconceived notion
Noun
an opinion formed beforehand without adequate evidence
promise
Noun
a verbal commitment by one person to another agreeing to do (or not to do) something in the future
promise
Verb
make a promise or commitment
promise
Verb
promise to undertake or give
promise
Verb
make a prediction about
promise
Verb
give grounds for expectations
promise
Noun
grounds for feeling hopeful about the future
pith
Noun
the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience
pith
Noun
soft spongelike central cylinder of the stems of most flowering plants
pith
Verb
remove the pith from (a plant)
preformation
Noun
a theory (popular in the 18th century and now discredited) that an individual develops by simple enlargement of a tiny fully formed organism (a homunculus) that exists in the germ cell
principal axis
Noun
a line that passes through the center of curvature of a lens so that light is neither reflected nor refracted
power law
Noun
(psychophysics) the concept that the magnitude of a subjective sensation increases proportional to a power of the stimulus intensity
polar coordinate
Noun
either of two values that locate a point on a plane by its distance from a fixed pole and its angle from a fixed line passing through the pole
passivism
Noun
the doctrine that all violence is unjustifiable
plane geometry
Noun
the geometry of 2-dimensional figures
populism
Noun
the political doctrine that supports the rights and powers of the common people in their struggle with the privileged elite
predestination
Noun
(theology) being determined in advance
predestination
Noun
previous determination as if by destiny or fate
projective geometry
Noun
the geometry of properties that remain invariant under projection
preordination
Noun
(theology) being determined in advance
presentism
Noun
the doctrine that the Scripture prophecies of the Apocalypse (as in the Book of Revelations) are presently in the course of being fulfilled
peripateticism
Noun
(philosophy) the philosophy of Aristotle that deals with logic and metaphysics and ethics and poetics and politics and natural science
partial derivative
Noun
the derivative of a function of two or more variables with respect to a single variable while the other variables are considered to be constant
pure mathematics
Noun
the branches of mathematics that study and develop the principles of mathematics for their own sake rather than for their immediate usefulness
parabolic geometry
Noun
in mathematics, geometry based on Euclid's axioms
physicalism
Noun
(philosophy) the philosophical theory that matter is the only reality
principle of relativity
Noun
(physics) a universal law that states that the laws of mechanics are not affected by a uniform rectilinear motion of the system of coordinates to which they are referred
parallel axiom
Noun
only one line can be drawn through a point parallel to another line
probabilism
Noun
(philosophy) the doctrine that (since certainty is unattainable) probability is a sufficient basis for belief and action
probabilism
Noun
a Roman Catholic system of casuistry that when expert opinions differ an actor can follow any solidly probable opinion that he wishes even though some different opinion might be more probable
principle of parsimony
Noun
the principle that entities should not be multiplied needlessly
principle of equivalence
Noun
(physics) the principle that an observer has no way of distinguishing whether his laboratory is in a uniform gravitational field or is in an accelerated frame of reference
principle of liquid displacement
Noun
(hydrostatics) the volume of a body immersed in a fluid is equal to the volume of the displaced fluid
principle of superposition
Noun
the displacement of any point due to the superposition of wave systems is equal to the sum of the displacements of the individual waves at that point
principle of superposition
Noun
(geology) the principle that in a series of stratified sedimentary rocks the lowest stratum is the oldest
perinatology
Noun
the branch of obstetrics concerned with the anatomy and physiology and diagnosis and treatment of disorders of the mother and the fetus or newborn baby during late pregnancy and childbirth and the puerperium
probability theory
Noun
the branch of applied mathematics that deals with probabilities
pharmacology
Noun
the science or study of drugs: their preparation and properties and uses and effects
pharmacological medicine
Noun
the science or study of drugs: their preparation and properties and uses and effects
pharmaceutics
Noun
the art and science of preparing and dispensing drugs and medicines,
pharmacokinetics
Noun
the study of the action of drugs in the body: method and rate of excretion
posology
Noun
the pharmacological determination of appropriate doses of drugs and medicines