principal  /pr'ɪnsəpəl/

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資料來源(1): pydict data [pydict]

  principal
  (a.)最重要的,主要的,首要的;資本的,本金的C長,負責人;U資本,本金

資料來源(2): Network Terminology [netterm]

  principal
  主要

資料來源(3): Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]

  Principal \Prin"ci*pal\, n.
     1. A leader, chief, or head; one who takes the lead; one who
        acts independently, or who has controlling authority or
        influence; as, the principal of a faction, a school, a
        firm, etc.; -- distinguished from a subordinate, abettor,
        auxiliary, or assistant.
  
     2. Hence: (Law)
        (a) The chief actor in a crime, or an abettor who is
            present at it, -- as distinguished from an accessory.
        (b) A chief obligor, promisor, or debtor, -- as
            distinguished from a surety.
        (c) One who employs another to act for him, -- as
            distinguished from an agent. --Wharton. --Bouvier.
            --Burrill.
  
     3. A thing of chief or prime importance; something
        fundamental or especially conspicuous. Specifically:
        (a) (Com.) A capital sum of money, placed out at interest,
            due as a debt or used as a fund; -- so called in
            distinction from interest or profit.
        (b) (Arch. & Engin.) The construction which gives shape
            and strength to a roof, -- generally a truss of timber
            or iron, but there are roofs with stone principals.
            Also, loosely, the most important member of a piece of
            framing.
        (c) (Mus.) In English organs the chief open metallic stop,
            an octave above the open diapason. On the manual it is
            four feet long, on the pedal eight feet. In Germany
            this term corresponds to the English open diapason.
        (d) (O. Eng. Law) A heirloom; a mortuary. --Cowell.
        (e) pl. The first two long feathers of a hawk's wing.
            --Spenser. --J. H. Walsh.
        (f) One of turrets or pinnacles of waxwork and tapers with
            which the posts and center of a funeral hearse were
            formerly crowned. --Oxf. Gloss.
        (g) A principal or essential point or rule; a principle.
            [Obs.]

資料來源(4): Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]

  Principal \Prin"ci*pal\, a. [F., from L. principalis. See
     {Prince}.]
     1. Highest in rank, authority, character, importance, or
        degree; most considerable or important; chief; main; as,
        the principal officers of a Government; the principal men
        of a state; the principal productions of a country; the
        principal arguments in a case.
  
              Wisdom is the principal thing.        --Prov. iv. 7.
  
     2. Of or pertaining to a prince; princely. [A Latinism]
        [Obs.] --Spenser.
  
     {Principal axis}. See {Axis of a curve}, under {Axis}.
  
     {Principal axes of a quadric} (Geom.), three lines in which
        the principal planes of the solid intersect two and two,
        as in an ellipsoid.
  
     {Principal challenge}. (Law) See under {Challenge}.
  
     {Principal plane}. See {Plane of projection}
        (a), under {Plane}.
  
     {Principal of a quadric} (Geom.), three planes each of which
        is at right angles to the other two, and bisects all
        chords of the quadric perpendicular to the plane, as in an
        ellipsoid.
  
     {Principal point} (Persp.), the projection of the point of
        sight upon the plane of projection.
  
     {Principal ray} (Persp.), the line drawn through the point of
        sight perpendicular to the perspective plane.
  
     {Principal section} (Crystallog.), a plane passing through
        the optical axis of a crystal.

資料來源(5): WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]

  principal
       adj : 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" [syn: {chief(a)}, {main(a)}, {primary(a)},
              {principal(a)}]
       n 1: the original amount of a debt on which interest is
            calculated
       2: the educator who has executive authority for a school; "she
          sent unruly pupils to see the principal" [syn: {school
          principal}, {head teacher}, {head}]
       3: an actor who plays a principal role [syn: {star}, {lead}]
       4: capital as contrasted with the income derived from it [syn:
          {corpus}, {principal sum}]
       5: the major party to a financial transaction at a stock
          exchange; buys and sells for his own account [syn: {dealer}]

資料來源(6): Internet Dictionary Project [english-french]

  principal
  	principal[Noun]
  
  

資料來源(7): Internet Dictionary Project [english-french]

  principal
  	directeur[Noun]
  
  

資料來源(8): Internet Dictionary Project [english-spanish]

  principal
  	spainsh