English Explanatory Dictionary

contragredient

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Generally, denoting an object inversed and transposed (to another).
  2. Of a representation in linear algebra: being the transpose of the former representation of an inverse object.
  3. Of a matrix: being a transpose of an inverse matrix.

Word forms

contragredient

Etymology

Neologism based on Latin contra and gradi.

Derived words

contragrediently
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