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Principal part
Meaning
Noun
●
In Grammar:
Any of the
forms
of a
word
which
contain
its stem(s) in the
simplest
form, or such a form that, when
taken
with all the other
principal parts
, allows the
entire
paradigm
to be derived.
●
In Mathematics:
A
polynomial
approximation
of a
power series
,
made up
of
monomials
whose
indices
lie in
the Newton
diagram
of the
power series
and which
occur
with the same
coefficients
as in
the
original
power series
.
●
In Mathematics:
The
portion
of a Laurent
series
that has
negative
exponents.
●
Used
other than
figuratively
or
idiomatically
: see
principal
, part.
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