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latent root

 
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–noun Mathematics, Now Rare.
characteristic root (def. 2).
Origin:
1880–85

characteristic root

 
–noun Mathematics.
1. a scalar for which there exists a nonzero vector such that the scalar times the vector equals the value of the vector under a given linear transformation on a vector space.
2. a root of the characteristic equation of a given matrix.
Also called characteristic value, eigenvalue, latent root, proper value.

Origin:
1955–60
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