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adjugate

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
ad-ju-gate
IPA
17
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To yoke an animal to something

Obsolete

noun

The transpose of the respective cofactor matrix, for a given matrix. One of the factors in calculating the inverse of a matrix. Commonly notated as adj(A), where A is the given matrix.

Etymology

From Latin adjugatus.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

adjugates (present, singular) adjugating (participle, present) adjugated (participle, past) adjugated (past) adjugates (plural)

Questions

What does adjugate mean?
To yoke an animal to something
Where does adjugate come from?
It is traced to Latin.

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