Law of nature Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a generalization that describes recurring facts or events in nature
    law.
    • the laws of thermodynamics

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Definitions
  1. . (a) A broad generalization expressive of the constant action, or effect, of natural conditions; as, death is a law of nature; self-defense is a law of nature. See Law, 4. (b) A term denoting the standard, or system, of morality deducible from a study of the nature and natural relations of human beings independent of supernatural revelation or of municipal and social usages.

Webster 1913