List_of_laws Knowpia

This is a list of "laws" applied to various disciplines. These are often adages or predictions with the appellation 'Law', although they do not apply in the legal sense, cannot be scientifically tested, or are intended only as rough descriptions (rather than applying in each case). These 'laws' are sometimes called rules of thumb.

See List of legal topics for 'laws' in the legal sense.

See List of scientific laws for falsifiable laws that are said to apply universally and literally.

General edit

Astronomy and cosmology edit

Technology edit

Amdahl's law (maximum possible speed-up to a parallel program when adding more computing power)
Bell's law of computer classes (corollary to Moore's law for computer class formation)
Brooks's law
Conway's law
Dennard scaling
Engelbart's law
Eroom's law
Godwin's law (Prediction of internet debating patterns)
Grosch's law
Gustafson's law
Haitz's law – analog to Moore's law for LEDs
Hick's law
Kryder's law
Koomey's law
Landauer's principle
Linus's law (software development)
Metcalfe's law
Moore's law (hardware development)
Neven's law
Reed's law
Swanson's law
Wirth's law
Wright's law
Zimmerman's law

Economic edit

Linguistic edit

Aitken's Law - synchronic rule in Scottish varieties of English
Bartholomae's law - regarding historical sound changes in Indo-Iranian
Bartsch's law - regarding historical sound changes in French
Brugmann's law - regarding historical sound changes in Indo-Iranian
Dahl's law - synchronic rule in Bantu languages
Dorsey's law - synchronic rule in Winnebago
Grassmann's law - regarding historical sound changes in ancient Greek and Sanskrit
Grimm's law – regarding historical sound changes in Proto-Germanic
Hirt's law - regarding historical sound changes in Balto-Slavic
Osthoff's law - regarding historical sound changes in Indo-European
Pedersen's law - regarding historical sound changes in Balto-Slavic
Philippi's law - regarding historical sound changes in Biblical Hebrew
Verner's law - an exception to Grimm's law
Wackernagel's law - regarding position of clitics in syntax
Whorf's law - regarding historical sound changes in Proto-Uto-Aztecan
Winter's law - regarding historical sound changes in Balto-Slavic