Term: mass-action principle: (neurology) the principle that the cortex of the brain operates as a coordinated system with large masses of neural tissue involved in all complex functioning
Candidate hypernym: principle: a rule or law concerning a natural phenomenon or the function of a complex system → 1
Candidate hypernym: commination: prayers proclaiming God's anger against sinners; read in the Church of England on Ash Wednesday → 0
Candidate hypernym: strabotomy: the surgical operation of cutting a muscle or tendon of the eye in order to correct strabismus → 0
Candidate hypernym: telephone company: a public utility that provides telephone service → 0
Candidate hypernym: yellow iris: common yellow-flowered iris of Europe and North Africa, naturalized in United States and often cultivated → 0
Candidate hypernym: cabaret: a spot that is open late at night and that provides entertainment (as singers or dancers) as well as dancing and food and drink → 0
Candidate hypernym: strategy: the branch of military science dealing with military command and the planning and conduct of a war → 0
Candidate hypernym: thin-shelled mussel: mussel with thin fragile shells having only rudimentary hinge teeth → 0
Candidate hypernym: shtik: (Yiddish) a little; a piece → 0
Candidate hypernym: salai: East Indian tree yielding a resin used medicinally and burned as incense → 0
Candidate hypernym: hatch: a movable barrier covering a hatchway → 0