"diagonalize" meaning in English

See diagonalize in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Forms: diagonalizes [present, singular, third-person], diagonalizing [participle, present], diagonalized [participle, past], diagonalized [past], diagonalise [alternative]
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  1. (mathematics, transitive) To convert a square matrix into a diagonal matrix by multiplying it by a second matrix and its inverse. Tags: transitive Translations (convert square matrix into diagonal matrix): diagonaliseren (Dutch), diagōnālizō (Latin), diagonalizar (Spanish)
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  2. (cybernetics) To design variables such that design problems only bear upon subsets that are loosely coupled to others.
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: diagonalizability, diagonalizable, diagonalization, rediagonalize Related terms: diagonalizer

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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