Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun eigenvalue

1 sense of eigenvalue

Sense 1
eigenvalue, eigenvalue of a matrix, eigenvalue of a square matrix, characteristic root of a square matrix -- ((mathematics) any number such that a given square matrix minus that number times the identity matrix has a zero determinant)
       => value -- (a numerical quantity measured or assigned or computed; "the value assigned was 16 milliseconds")