Nearby words
eigen-, eigenfrequency, eigenfunction, eigentone, eigenvalue, eigenvector, eiger, eight, eight ball, eight-spot, eight-track tape
Origin of eigenvector
First recorded in 1955–60, eigenvector is from the German word Eigenvektor
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British Dictionary definitions for eigenvector
eigenvector
/ (ˈaɪɡənˌvɛktə) /
noun
maths physics a vector x satisfying an equation A x = λ x, where A is a square matrix and λ is a constant
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