component constituent element | an artifact that is one of the individual parts of which a composite entity is made up, especially a part that can be separated from or attached to a system, spare components for cars, a component or constituent element of a system |
component constituent element factor ingredient | an abstract part of something, jealousy was a component of his character, two constituents of a musical composition are melody and harmony, the grammatical elements of a sentence, a key factor in her success, humor: an effective ingredient of a speech |
principal axis optic axis | a line that passes through the center of curvature of a lens so that light is neither reflected nor refracted, in a normal eye the optic axis is the direction in which objects are seen most distinctly |
main diagonal principal diagonal | the diagonal of a square matrix running from the upper left entry to the lower right entry |
principal dealer | the major party to a financial transaction at a stock exchange, buys and sells for his own account |
principal school principal head teacher head | the educator who has executive authority for a school, she sent unruly pupils to see the principal |
principal | (criminal law) any person involved in a criminal offense, regardless of whether the person profits from such involvement |
principal investigator PI | the scientist in charge of an experiment or research project |
star principal lead | an actor who plays a principal role |
principal corpus principal sum | capital as contrasted with the income derived from it |
principal | the original amount of a debt on which interest is calculated |
part portion component part component constituent | something determined in relation to something that includes it, he wanted to feel a part of something bigger than himself, I read a portion of the manuscript, the smaller component is hard to reach, the animal constituent of plankton |
chief(a) main(a) primary(a) principal(a) master(a) | most important element, the chief aim of living, the main doors were of solid glass, the principal rivers of America, the principal example, policemen were primary targets, the master bedroom, a master switch |