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calculus, the general Leibniz rule, named after Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz, generalizes the product rule (which is also known as "Leibniz's rule"). It states...

In calculus, the chain rule is a formula that expresses the derivative of the composition of two differentiable functions f and g in terms of the derivatives...

culture, the 1% rule is a general rule of thumb pertaining to participation in an Internet community, stating that only 1% of the users of a website actively...

the power rule is used to differentiate functions of the form f ( x ) = x r {\displaystyle f(x)=x^{r}} , whenever r {\displaystyle r} is a real number...

The Rule of the Major-Generals, was a period of direct military government from August 1655 to January 1657, during Oliver Cromwell's Protectorate. England...

above a counter top, or 72 inches above the floor. A popular place to install pendant lights is over kitchen countertops. As a general rule of thumb, a pendant...

Leibniz's rule (named after Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz) may refer to one of the following: Product rule in differential calculus General Leibniz rule, a generalization...

battlegroups (Kampfgruppen). As a general rule, an "SS Division" is made up of mostly Germans, or other Germanic people, while a "Division of the SS" is made...

Hitchens's razor is an epistemological razor that serves as a general rule for rejecting certain knowledge claims. It states "what can be asserted without...

classical Latin, have a droppable vowel, usually -o-. As a general rule, this vowel almost always acts as a joint-stem to connect two consonantal roots (e.g...

stated simply as "no one is above the law". The term rule of law is closely related to constitutionalism as well as Rechtsstaat. It refers to a political...

Home rule in the United States relates to the authority of a constituent part of a U.S. state to exercise powers of governance; i.e.: whether such powers...

A biological rule or biological law is a generalized law, principle, or rule of thumb formulated to describe patterns observed in living organisms. Biological...

The general rule is that the call may not be recorded. Section 7 of the Telecommunications (Interception and Access) Act 1979 prohibits intercepting a telephone...

and the District of Columbia. As a general rule of courtesy, custom, and sometimes regulation, other institutions, such as banks, businesses, schools, and...

Rule 63 is an Internet meme that states that, as a rule, "for every given male character, there is a female version of that character" and vice versa....

some sort of reference to the role that a particular case or event takes in relation to a more general rule. Two original meanings of the phrase are...

materials science, a general rule of mixtures is a weighted mean used to predict various properties of a composite material . It provides a theoretical upper-...

L'Hôpital's rule (/ˌloʊpiːˈtɑːl/, loh-pee-TAHL) or L'Hospital's rule, also known as Bernoulli's rule, is a mathematical theorem that allows evaluating...

surplus. The core of the 'golden rule' framework is that, as a general rule, policy should be designed to maintain a stable allocation of public sector...