"principal part" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: principal parts [plural]
Etymology: Calque of Late Latin principālis pars Etymology templates: {{calque|en|LL.|principālis pars}} Calque of Late Latin principālis pars Head templates: {{en-noun}} principal part (plural principal parts)
  1. (grammar, usually in the plural) 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. Tags: plural-normally Categories (topical): Grammar Related terms (form of a word): lexeme Translations (grammar: word-form containing the simplest form of a stem and/or from which the paradigm is derivable): szótári alak (Hungarian), principālis pars [Late-Latin, feminine] (Latin), pagrindinė forma [feminine] (Lithuanian)
    Sense id: en-principal_part-en-noun-XNtrIojj Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 23 35 33 8 Topics: grammar, human-sciences, linguistics, sciences Disambiguation of 'form of a word': 100 0 0 0 Disambiguation of 'grammar: word-form containing the simplest form of a stem and/or from which the paradigm is derivable': 60 19 13 7
  2. (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. Categories (topical): Mathematics
    Sense id: en-principal_part-en-noun-BPAlZj7l Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 23 35 33 8 Topics: mathematics, sciences
  3. (mathematics) The portion of a Laurent series that has negative exponents. Categories (topical): Mathematics
    Sense id: en-principal_part-en-noun-pP5K9~ao Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 23 35 33 8 Topics: mathematics, sciences
  4. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see principal, part.
    Sense id: en-principal_part-en-noun-ZDxhQCDu

Inflected forms

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