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English
Etymology
Neologism based on Latin contra and gradi.
Adjective
contragredient (not comparable)
- (mathematics) Generally, denoting an object inversed and transposed (to another).
- (mathematics) Of a representation in linear algebra: being the transpose of the former representation of an inverse object.
- (mathematics) Of a matrix: being a transpose of an inverse matrix.
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