principal ideal

noun

Mathematics.

the smallest ideal containing a given element in a ring; an ideal in a ring with a multiplicative identity, obtained by multiplying each element of the ring by one specified element.

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Word History and Origins

Origin of principal ideal¹

First recorded in 1935–40

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The symphonic poem in the form in which Liszt has given it to us, is ordinarily an ensemble of different movements depending on each other, and flowing from a principal ideal, blending into each other, and forming one composition.

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He is guided by ideals; but his principal ideal takes the form of an acceptance of the world as it is, independently of his ideals.

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The principal ideal of the Church is saintliness.

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Europe has been eclipsed because her Church—her soul—has been eclipsed; the Church has been eclipsed because her principal ideal has been eclipsed.

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principal focus principal ideal domain

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