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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.[1935-40]
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principal ideal domain — Math. a commutative integral domain with multiplicative identity in which every ideal is principal. Also called principal ideal ring. [1960 65] * * * … Universalium
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