"catalecticant" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: catalecticants [plural]
Etymology: catalectic + -ant, coined by James Joseph Sylvester in 1852. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|catalectic|-ant}} catalectic + -ant Head templates: {{en-noun}} catalecticant (plural catalecticants)
  1. (mathematics) A polynomial in the coefficients of a form of even degree that vanishes when the form is a sum of an unusually small number of powers of linear forms. Wikipedia link: James Joseph Sylvester, catalecticant Categories (topical): Mathematics Translations (Translations): katalektikantti (Finnish), Katalektikant [masculine] (German)
    Sense id: en-catalecticant-en-noun-83fZHLLk Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ant Topics: mathematics, sciences

Inflected forms

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