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semidefinite

adj

Etymology

From semi- + definite.

  1. borrowed from dēfīnītus
  2. prefixed as semidefinite — “semi + definite”

Definitions

  1. Not entirely definite

    Not entirely definite; somewhat vague or undefined.

    • Coral rock has only a semidefinite shape.

  2. Describing a bilinear form, over a vector space, that is either always nonnegative or…

    Describing a bilinear form, over a vector space, that is either always nonnegative or always nonpositive.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for semidefinite. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA