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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. (mathematics) any number such that a given square matrix minus that number times the identity matrix has a zero determinant;
[syn: eigenvalue, eigenvalue of a matrix, eigenvalue of a square matrix, characteristic root of a square matrix]



WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

eigenvalue
    n 1: (mathematics) any number such that a given square matrix
         minus that number times the identity matrix has a zero
         determinant [syn: eigenvalue, eigenvalue of a matrix,
         eigenvalue of a square matrix, characteristic root of a
         square matrix]


The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (30 December 2018):

eigenvalue

    The factor by which a linear transformation
   multiplies one of its eigenvectors.

   (1995-04-10)