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matroid

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.45 in modern English

Syllables
ma-troid
IPA
10
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A structure that captures the essence of a notion of "independence" that generalizes linear independence in vector spaces and acyclicality in graphs.

Example Sentences

Etymology

From matrix + -oid. They were so named by Hassler Whitney in 1935 in an article titled “On the abstract properties of linear dependence”.

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

matroids (plural)

Derived Forms

antimatroid matroidal polymatroid

Questions

What does matroid mean?
A structure that captures the essence of a notion of "independence" that generalizes linear independence in vector spaces and acyclicality in graphs.
Where does matroid come from?
From matrix + -oid. They were so named by Hassler Whitney in 1935 in an article titled “On the abstract properties of linear dependence”.

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