principal ideal

/P R IH1 N S AH0 P AH0 L AY0 D IY0 L/
noun
  1. 1

    (algebra) An ideal I in an algebraic object R (which could be a ring, algebra, semigroup or lattice) that is generated by a given single element a ∈ R; the smallest ideal that contains a.

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