Term: law of diminishing returns: a law affirming that to continue after a certain level of performance has been reached will result in a decline in effectiveness
Broader: law: a generalization that describes recurring facts or events in nature | Unrelated: factor: any of the numbers (or symbols) that form a product when multiplied together
Broader: law: a generalization that describes recurring facts or events in nature | Unrelated: expedient: a means to an end; not necessarily a principled or ethical one
Broader: law: a generalization that describes recurring facts or events in nature | Unrelated: neurasthenic: a person suffering a nervous breakdown
Broader: law: a generalization that describes recurring facts or events in nature | Unrelated: stink bomb: a small bomb designed to give off a foul odor when it explodes
Broader: law: a generalization that describes recurring facts or events in nature | Unrelated: ciliary artery: one of several arteries supplying the choroid coat of the eye
Broader: law: a generalization that describes recurring facts or events in nature | Unrelated: cavalryman: a soldier in a motorized army unit
Broader: law: a generalization that describes recurring facts or events in nature | Unrelated: relation: an abstraction belonging to or characteristic of two entities or parts together
Broader: law: a generalization that describes recurring facts or events in nature | Unrelated: plug: an electrical device with two or three pins that is inserted in a socket to make an electrical connection
Broader: law: a generalization that describes recurring facts or events in nature | Unrelated: tapioca pudding: sweet pudding thickened with tapioca
Broader: law: a generalization that describes recurring facts or events in nature | Unrelated: power shovel: a machine for excavating