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PRINCIPAL DIAGONAL
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Dictionary entry overview: What does principal diagonal mean?
• PRINCIPAL DIAGONAL (noun)
The noun PRINCIPAL DIAGONAL has 1 sense:
1. the diagonal of a square matrix running from the upper left entry to the lower right entry
Familiarity information: PRINCIPAL DIAGONAL used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The diagonal of a square matrix running from the upper left entry to the lower right entry
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Synonyms:
main diagonal; principal diagonal
Hypernyms ("principal diagonal" is a kind of...):
diagonal (an oblique line of squares of the same color on a checkerboard)
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