Usually means: Basic foundational assumptions or propositions.
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  1. first principles: Merriam-Webster
  2. first principles: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. first principles: Collins English Dictionary
  4. first principles: Vocabulary.com
  5. first-principles: Wordnik
  6. first principles: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  7. first principles: Wiktionary
  8. First Principles, First principles: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia

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noun:  The set of basic statements on which a method, theory, or organisation is founded.

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