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preconditioner

preconditioner noun: a matrix that has a smaller condition number than another.

Noun

preconditioner (plural preconditioners)

  1. A matrix that has a smaller condition number than another.
    • Furthermore, the multipreconditioned search space is shown to grow only linearly with the number of preconditioners.2016, Tania Bakhos, Peter Kitanidis, Scott Ladenheim, Arvind K. Saibaba, Daniel Szyld, “Multipreconditioned GMRES for Shifted Systems”, in arXiv

Forms of preconditioner

pluralpreconditioners

Origin of preconditioner

From pre- + conditioner.

Questions about preconditioner

What does preconditioner mean?
Preconditioner means a matrix that has a smaller condition number than another.
What part of speech is preconditioner?
Preconditioner is a noun.
What is the plural of preconditioner?
The plural of preconditioner is preconditioners.

Words near preconditioner in the dictionary

  1. precondensations
  2. precondensed
  3. precondition
  4. preconditional
  5. preconditioned
  6. preconditioner
  7. preconditioners
  8. preconditioning
  9. preconditionings
  10. preconditions
  11. precondom

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