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evectant

evectant noun: a contravariant constructed from an invariant by acting on it with a differential operator called an evector.

Noun

evectant (plural evectants)

  1. A contravariant constructed from an invariant by acting on it with a differential operator called an evector.

Forms of evectant

pluralevectants

Origin of evectant

From evect(ion) + -ant.

Questions about evectant

What does evectant mean?
Evectant means a contravariant constructed from an invariant by acting on it with a differential operator called an evector.
What part of speech is evectant?
Evectant is a noun.
What is the plural of evectant?
The plural of evectant is evectants.

Words near evectant in the dictionary

  1. eve-tease
  2. eve-teased
  3. eve-teases
  4. eve-teasing
  5. eve-teasings
  6. evectant
  7. evectants
  8. evection
  9. evectional
  10. evections
  11. evector

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