eigenorder

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English

Etymology

From eigen- +‎ order.

Noun

eigenorder (plural eigenorders)

  1. (mathematics) The order (number of dimensions) of an eigenvector.
    • 1975, William John Gould, Carl Wunsch, W. J. Schmitz, Preliminary Field Results for a Mid-ocean Dynamics, page 6:
      Equation 58 shows that the energy in the phase spectrum increases directly with eigenorder and, therefore, with range.
    • 1995, Documentation Abstracts - Volume 30, Issues 1-5, page 39:
      This paper first presents a proof of the intuitively well understood fact — that the "eigenorder” of a “chain" join will be the best pre-defined combinatorial order in which to implement the algorithm.