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char′acteris′tic vec′tor, [Math.]
  1. Mathematicsa vector for which there exists a scalar such that the value of the vector under a given transformation is equal to the scalar times the vector. Also called eigenvector. 
  • 1955–60

'characteristic vector' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
eigenfunction - eigenvector

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