diagonalize (English, verb)
expansion: diagonalize (third-person singular simple present diagonalizes, present participle diagonalizing, simple past and past participle diagonalized)
Senses:
topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: To convert a square matrix into a diagonal matrix by multiplying it by a second matrix and its inverse.
tags: transitive
qualifier: cybernetics
glosses: To design variables such that design problems only bear upon subsets that are loosely coupled to others.
Forms:
form: diagonalizes
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: diagonalizing
tags: participle
present
form: diagonalized
tags: participle
past
form: diagonalized
tags: past
form: diagonalise
tags: alternative