principal-component factor

synonym: principal component
initialism: PC
https://doi.org/10.1351/goldbook.10107

Orthogonal factors obtained in a principal-component analysis.

Notes:
  1. The successive factors explain reducing fractions of the variance of the data set, and are written PC1, PC2 …
  2. ISO 18115 recommends the use of the term "PCA factor".
Source:
PAC, 2016, 88, 407. (Vocabulary of concepts and terms in chemometrics (IUPAC Recommendations 2016)) on page 423 [Terms] [Paper]
Citation: 'principal-component factor' in IUPAC Compendium of Chemical Terminology, 5th ed. International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry; 2025. Online version 5.0.0, 2025. https://doi.org/10.1351/goldbook.10107 RIS BibTex EndNote
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