eigenvector
noun
ei·gen·vec·tor ˈī-gən-ˌvek-tər 
: a nonzero vector that is mapped by a given linear transformation of a vector space onto a vector that is the product of a scalar multiplied by the original vector
called also characteristic vector
Word History
Etymology
International Scientific Vocabulary eigen- (from German eigen) + vector
First Known Use
1941, in the meaning defined above
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