âAdaptable ballastâ is a term NLPIP uses to describe an electronic ballast with special circuitry that enables it to operate multiple lamp types, operate different quantities of lamps, and/or operate on multiple input voltages.
Full Definition of PRINCIPLE. 1. a: a comprehensive and fundamental law, doctrine, or assumption b (1) : a rule or code of conduct c: the laws or facts of nature underlying the working of an artificial device. 2. : a primary source: origin. 3. b: an ingredient (as a chemical) that exhibits or imparts a characteristic quality. 4.
principal noun (MONEY) âº [ C usually singular ] specialized finance & economics an amount of money that someone has invested in a bank or lent to a person or organization so that they will receive interest on it from the bank, person, or organization: She lives off the interest and tries to keep the principal intact.