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principal - principle — ◊ principal Principal is used as an adjective or a noun. The principal thing or person in a group is the most important one. His principal interest in life was to be the richest man in Britain. ...the principal character in James Bernard Fagan s… … Useful english dictionary
Character group — In mathematics, a character group is the group of representations of a group by complex valued functions. These functions can be thought of as one dimensional matrix representations and so are special cases of the group characters which arises in … Wikipedia
principal — prin|ci|pal1 W2 [ˈprınsıpəl] adj [only before noun] [Date: 1200 1300; : Old French; Origin: Latin principalis, from princeps; PRINCE] most important = ↑main ▪ His principal reason for making the journey was to visit his family. ▪ Teaching is her… … Dictionary of contemporary English
principal — 1 adjective (only before noun) most important; main: My principal source of income is teaching. | The principal character in the book is called Scarlett. see also: principally 2 noun 1 (singular) technical an amount of money lent to someone, put… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
Principal — Prin ci*pal, a. [F., from L. principalis. See {Prince}.] 1. Highest in rank, authority, character, importance, or degree; most considerable or important; chief; main; as, the principal officers of a Government; the principal men of a state; the… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Principal axes of a quadric — Principal Prin ci*pal, a. [F., from L. principalis. See {Prince}.] 1. Highest in rank, authority, character, importance, or degree; most considerable or important; chief; main; as, the principal officers of a Government; the principal men of a… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Principal axis — Principal Prin ci*pal, a. [F., from L. principalis. See {Prince}.] 1. Highest in rank, authority, character, importance, or degree; most considerable or important; chief; main; as, the principal officers of a Government; the principal men of a… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Principal challenge — Principal Prin ci*pal, a. [F., from L. principalis. See {Prince}.] 1. Highest in rank, authority, character, importance, or degree; most considerable or important; chief; main; as, the principal officers of a Government; the principal men of a… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Principal of a quadric — Principal Prin ci*pal, a. [F., from L. principalis. See {Prince}.] 1. Highest in rank, authority, character, importance, or degree; most considerable or important; chief; main; as, the principal officers of a Government; the principal men of a… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Principal plane — Principal Prin ci*pal, a. [F., from L. principalis. See {Prince}.] 1. Highest in rank, authority, character, importance, or degree; most considerable or important; chief; main; as, the principal officers of a Government; the principal men of a… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
