principal component
Statistics
noun
The linear combination of the components of a set of data (regarded as points in a multidimensional space) which contributes most strongly to the variance of the set; frequently attributive (in singular or plural), designating a method of analysis which involves finding the principal component and removing the variance due to it, and repeating this operation successively.
Origin
1930s.
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