principal part

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   Any of the forms of a word which contain its stem(s) in the simplest form, or such a form…

   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 (showing various inflections), allows the entire paradigm to be derived.

   • Holonyms: declension, conjugation
   • There are Three Principal Parts of a Verb, from which the reſt are Form’d, the Preſent-Tenſe, Perfect-Tenſe, and the Firſt Supine.
2. 2

   Any one of however many parts of speech regarded as the most fundamental or indispensable.

   • Holonym: part of speech
3. 3

   A polynomial approximation of a power series, made up of monomials whose indices lie in…

   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.

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   1. 4

      The portion of a Laurent series that has negative exponents.

   2. 5

      Used other than figuratively or idiomatically

      Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see principal, part.

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