laws definition

<assessment> A standardised external examination used by law schools to assess applicants' verbal, analytical and reasoning skills

Acronym: LSAT

(14 Jan 2009)

Principles formulated by Aristotle to account for the functional relationships between ideas; the law of contiguity (association) proved most useful to experimental psychologists, culminating in modern studies of respondent conditioning.

(05 Mar 2000)

<physics> Scientific breakeven criterion based on the product of energy confinement time and particle density. Together with plasma temperature, the Lawson value of a plasma indicates how close it is to self-sustained (ignited) fusion.

See: ignition.

(09 Oct 1997)

<botany> An Asiatic and North African shrub (Lawsonia inermis), with smooth oval leaves, and fragrant white flowers. Henna is prepared from the leaves and twigs. In England the shrub is called Egyptian privet, and in the West Indies, Jamaica mignonette.

(01 Mar 1998)