Diagonalize (original) (raw)

I. (verb)

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Meaning:

Transform a matrix to a diagonal matrix

Synonyms:

diagonalise; diagonalize

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Hypernyms (to "diagonalize" is one way to...):

transform; translate (change from one form or medium into another)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

diagonal ((mathematics) a set of entries in a square matrix running diagonally either from the upper left to lower right entry or running from the upper right to lower left entry)

diagonalization (changing a square matrix to diagonal form (with all non-zero elements on the principal diagonal))

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