Diagonalization

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  • noun. US spelling of diagonalisation.
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  • noun. changing a square matrix to diagonal form (with all non-zero elements on the principal diagonal)
  • Word Usage
    "Continuing down the list, this mathematical method called "diagonalization" generates a real number p between zero and one that, by its construction, differs from every real number on the list in at least one decimal place."
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