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catalecticants

catalecticants is the plural of catalecticant.

Meaning of catalecticant

Noun

catalecticant (plural catalecticants)

  1. 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.

Questions about catalecticants

What is catalecticants the plural of?
Catalecticants is the plural of catalecticant.

Words near catalecticants in the dictionary

  1. Cataldis
  2. Cataldo
  3. Cataldos
  4. catalectic
  5. catalecticant
  6. catalecticants
  7. catalectics
  8. catalepses
  9. catalepsies
  10. catalepsis
  11. catalepsy

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