Principal
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'''Principal''' may refer to:
== Education ==
The head of an educational institution:
*[[Principal (school)]], head of a primary or secondary school
*[[Principal (university)]], chief executive of a university
**[[Dean (education)]], a person with significant authority
**[[Provost (education)]], chief academic officer of a university
**[[Chancellor (education)]], the head of a university
== Law ==
*[[Principal (commercial law)]], a person who authorises an agent to act to create a legal relationship with a third party
* [[Principal (criminal law)]], one (or more) primary actor(s) in a criminal offense for which other actors may be criminally liable as accomplices, accessories or conspirators
== Other uses ==
* [[Principal sum]], the original amount of a debt or investment on which interest is calculated
* [[Organ stop]] on a pipe organ
* A musician in an [[orchestra]] who either plays the first part (wind instruments), or who sits in the first chair and leads a section (of string instruments) in playing the same part
* A performer in an opera or musical who takes a more or less prominent part in the action, and sings [[Solo (music)|solo]] or in small ensembles
* [[Principal ideal]], in ring theory in mathematics, an ideal with a single generator, and the related concept of [[principal ideal domain|principal ideal domains]]
* [[Cauchy principal value|The Cauchy Principal Value]] of an [[integral]], in mathematics, a way of assigning a finite value to improper integrals that seem to diverge
* [[Principal (Civil Service)]] or Principal Officer, a senior management grade (now grade 7) in the [[British Civil Service]] and the [[Civil service of the Republic of Ireland | Irish Civil Service]]
* A security principal is an entity that can be positively identified and verified via a technique known as [[Authentication]]
* [[Principal, Cape Verde]], a village
* [[Principal Financial Group]], a life insurance company traded on the NYSE
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