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Synonyms for eigenvalue

  • noun

Most common

characteristic value characteristic root latent value eigenroot eigennumber

All synonyms

Noun

characteristic root, characteristic value, latent value, eigenroot, eigennumber, proper value dated

Definitions

  1. n. 1

    A scalar λ, such that there exists a non-zero vector x (a corresponding eigenvector) for which the image of x under a given linear transformation A is equal to the image of x under multiplication by λ; i.e. Ax=λx.

Forms

Plural
eigenvalues → eigenroots, eigennumbers…

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
eigenvaluerising

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

9 letters
eigenroot
11 letters
eigennumber