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Nov 30, 2009
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prin'cipal ide'al



Math.
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.

Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.

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