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diagonalized

diagonalized is the simple past and past participle of diagonalize.

Meaning of diagonalize

Verb

diagonalize (third-person singular simple present diagonalizes, present participle diagonalizing, simple past and past participle diagonalized)

  1. (transitive) To convert a square matrix into a diagonal matrix by multiplying it by a second matrix and its inverse.
  2. (cybernetics) To design variables such that design problems only bear upon subsets that are loosely coupled to others.
    • And what we should do, therefore, is to diagonalize the variables—we should find some new design variables such that design problems only bear upon subsets of them that are loosely coupled to others, like the subsystems of ten lights in the example.2017, Andrew Pickering, “Ross Ashby”, in The Cybernetic Brain, University of Chicago Press, published 2010, →ISBN, page 159

Adjective

diagonalized (not comparable)

  1. Converted into a diagonal matrix

Words formed from diagonalized

Questions about diagonalized

What does diagonalized mean?
Diagonalized means converted into a diagonal matrix.
What is diagonalized the simple past and past participle of?
Diagonalized is the simple past and past participle of diagonalize.
What part of speech is diagonalized?
Diagonalized is an adjective.

Words near diagonalized in the dictionary

  1. diagonalizability
  2. diagonalizable
  3. diagonalization
  4. diagonalizations
  5. diagonalize
  6. diagonalized
  7. diagonalizer
  8. diagonalizers
  9. diagonalizes
  10. diagonalizing
  11. diagonally

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