"diagonalize" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Forms: diagonalizes [present, singular, third-person], diagonalizing [participle, present], diagonalized [participle, past], diagonalized [past]
Etymology: From diagonal + -ize. Etymology templates: {{af|en|diagonal|-ize}} diagonal + -ize Head templates: {{en-verb}} diagonalize (third-person singular simple present diagonalizes, present participle diagonalizing, simple past and past participle diagonalized)
  1. (mathematics, transitive) To convert a square matrix into a diagonal matrix by multiplying it by a second matrix and its inverse. Tags: transitive Categories (topical): Mathematics Translations (convert square matrix into diagonal matrix): diagonaliseren (Dutch)
    Sense id: en-diagonalize-en-verb-6AxjY6FW Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ize Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 74 26 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ize: 69 31 Topics: mathematics, sciences Disambiguation of 'convert square matrix into diagonal matrix': 95 5
  2. (cybernetics) To design variables such that design problems only bear upon subsets that are loosely coupled to others.
    Sense id: en-diagonalize-en-verb-djet5A~m
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: diagonalise (english: non-Oxford British English) Derived forms: diagonalizable, diagonalization Related terms: diagonalizer

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