principal argument

American  

noun

Mathematics.

1. the radian measure of the argument between −π and π of a complex number.

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Example Sentences

Oz’s energetic campaigning has been his principal argument for himself.

From Washington Post • Sep. 21, 2022

In early 2006, the coalition hired Wiley to advise Saddam’s lawyers, whose principal argument was that the court itself was illegal.

From The New Yorker • Apr. 18, 2016

His principal argument was the “sheer confusion” over the similarity between Australia and New Zealand’s flags.

From The Guardian • Mar. 25, 2016

One principal argument for diagnosing depression early is that even with a genetic predisposition, depression isn’t cemented into the psyche; the very fluidity of preschoolers’ mental states seems to make them more treatable.

From New York Times • Aug. 26, 2010

The principal argument that I bring up against dedicating myself to political life,—I will tell it to you as a secret,—is, that I detest it; I detest it from the bottom of my heart.

From Maximina by Palacio Valdés, Armando