Principal
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Not to be confused with principle.
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Principal may refer to:
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[edit] Education
- Principal (school), a head of a primary or secondary school
- Principal (academia), a chief executive of a university or college
[edit] Law
- Principal (commercial law), a person who authorises an agent
- Principal (criminal law), a primary actor in a criminal offense
[edit] Science
- Principal Investigator, a lead scientist or engineer for a field
- Principal value, a value along a chosen branch of a multivalued function
- Principal branch, a special selected branch of a multivalued function
- Principal ideal, an ideal with a single generator, and the related concept of principal ideal domains
- Cauchy principal value, a way of assigning a finite value to improper integrals that seem to diverge
[edit] Performing arts
- Principal dancer, a high-ranked dancer in a ballet company
- The Principal, or Diapason, an organ stop on a pipe organ
- Principal, the lead of a section of an orchestra
[edit] Places
- Principal, Cape Verde, a village
- Principal, Ecuador, a parish in Azuay Province, Ecuador
[edit] Other uses
- Principal (architecture)
- Principal (computer security), an entity that can be identified and verified
- Principal sum, the original amount of a debt or investment on which interest is calculated
- The Principal, a 1987 action film
- Principal Financial Group, a life insurance company traded on the NYSE
- Dean (Christianity) or principal, the head of a cathedral or collegiate church
- Principal (civil service) or principal officer, a senior management grade in Her Majesty's Civil Service
[edit] People with the surname
- Victoria Principal, American actress
[edit] See also
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