1. of, relating to, or expressing a law or laws of nature; governed by or conforming to natural laws
Usage: formal; chiefly philosophical and scientific

Examples

• The physicist argued that all nomologic statements must be testable and falsifiable.
• A nomologic explanation accounts for phenomena by reference to universal natural laws.
• The nomologic necessity of gravitational attraction distinguishes it from mere coincidence.
• In philosophy of science, nomologic-deductive models explain events through laws and initial conditions.
• The nomologic character of thermodynamic principles makes them reliable for prediction.