Definition of Main diagonal

1. Noun. The diagonal of a square matrix running from the upper left entry to the lower right entry.

Exact synonyms: Principal Diagonal
Generic synonyms: Diagonal

Definition of Main diagonal

1. Noun. (linear algebra) The (imagined) diagonal line from the top left to the bottom right of a square matrix. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Main Diagonal

main-gauche
main-sequence
main-topmast
main-topsail
main-truck
main-verb
main battle tank
main building
main buildings
main chance
main clause
main clauses
main course
main deck
main diagonal (current term)
main diagonals
main drag
main drags
main droite
main en crochet
main en griffe
main en lorgnette
main entry word
main file
main gauche
main group
main group element
main group elements

Literary usage of Main diagonal

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. International Library of Technology: A Series of Textbooks for Persons by International Textbook Company (1908)
"Then, the vertical component in EÍ is 67500 X 6 - 15000 X (7 + 8 + 9 + 10) As this comes out negative, Ef is the counter and eF the main diagonal. Panel de. ..."

2. Mathematical Questions and Solutions by W. J. C. Miller (1884)
"(By T. Mum, MA, FRSE)—If in a determinant of the »th order the elements in the main diagonal be all negative and all the others positive, prove that the ..."

3. Architecture and Urbanization in Colonial Chiapas, Mexico by Sidney David Markman (1984)
"It was employed for the first time in the seventeenth century in Antigua Guatemala. join the main diagonal ribs at the springing in the corners of the ..."

4. Framed Structures and Girders, Theory and Practice by Edgar Marburg (1911)
"The resultant stress in certain members from dead and live loading depends upon whether the main diagonal or the counter in each of one or more panels is in ..."

5. Structural Engineers' Handbook: Data for the Design and Construction of by Milo Smith Ketchum (1914)
"The stress in the main diagonal in the third panel is then equal to — fJP-sec 9. The stress in the main diagonal in the fourth panel is (— ? ..."

6. Structural Engineers' Handbook: Data for the Design and Construction of by Milo Smith Ketchum (1918)
"The stress in the main diagonal in the third panel is — ¡ìW-sec 8, where 5ì\V is the shear in the panel; while the stress in the diagonal in the fourth ..."

7. The Design of Steel Mill Buildings and the Calculation of Stresses in Framed by Milo Smith Ketchum (1921)
"The stress in the main diagonal in the third panel is — SJ/^JF-sec 0, where bl/^W is the shear in the panel; while the stress in the diagonal in the fourth ..."

8. A System of Iron Railroad Bridges for Japan by John Alexander Low Waddell (1885)
"Thus, in the diagram, the dead-load stress in the main diagonal at the panel ... As in the case of the single intersection, the stress in a main diagonal is ..."

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