Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

offdiagonal

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
off-di-ag-o-nal
IPA
19
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
5
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

That is not an element on the diagonal of a square matrix.

Etymology

From off- + diagonal.

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

off-diagonal (alternative)

Questions

What does offdiagonal mean?
That is not an element on the diagonal of a square matrix.
Where does offdiagonal come from?
From off- + diagonal.

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