principal value
a value selected at a point in the domain of a multiple-valued function, chosen so that the function has a single value at the point.
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How to use principal value in a sentence
This, perhaps, is its principal value, since the mind reasons instinctively without knowing how it reasons.
Your Mind and How to Use It | William Walker AtkinsonThen I began to live for the effect I imagined I made upon her, to make that very soon the principal value in my life.
Tono Bungay | H. G. WellsThis reaction was not helped by the British retreat on Lanrezac's left, and its principal value was to protect that withdrawal.
A Short History of the Great War | A. F. PollardThey all prefer moist, rich soil and have their principal value as decorative trees on the lawn.
Studies of Trees | Jacob Joshua LevisonThese, with a few emblematic figures, all admirably well executed, make its principal value.
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