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positive definite

–noun Mathematics.
1. (of a quadratic form) positive for all real values of the variables, where the values are not all zero.
2. (of a matrix) displaying the coefficients of a positive definite quadratic form.

Origin:
1905–10


positive definiteness, noun
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