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eigensample

eigensample noun: a set of samples with similar activity for an eigengene.

Noun

eigensample (plural eigensamples)

  1. A set of samples with similar activity for an eigengene.
    • The expression level of every gene in an eigensample is given in matrix U, and the expression level of every eigengene in each sample is given in matrix Vᵀ.2007, Marketa Zvelebil, Jeremy Baum, Understanding Bioinformatics, page 633
    • To obtain the eigensamples which contain the characteristic structure of the gene expression data, matrix X is decomposed into W (the product of U and D) and VT by using SVD, where W is the collection of all the eigensamples [8, 15]2015, Jian Liu et al., A P-Norm Robust Feature Extraction Method for Identifying Differentially Expressed Genes

Forms of eigensample

pluraleigensamples

Origin of eigensample

From eigen- + sample.

Questions about eigensample

What does eigensample mean?
Eigensample means a set of samples with similar activity for an eigengene.
What part of speech is eigensample?
Eigensample is a noun.
What is the plural of eigensample?
The plural of eigensample is eigensamples.

Words near eigensample in the dictionary

  1. eigenrays
  2. eigenregion
  3. eigenregions
  4. eigenroot
  5. eigenroots
  6. eigensample
  7. eigensamples
  8. eigenscalar
  9. eigenscale
  10. eigenscales
  11. eigenscore

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