adjugate

English

Etymology

From Latin adjugatus.

Verb

adjugate (third-person singular simple present adjugates, present participle adjugating, simple past and past participle adjugated)

1. (obsolete) To yoke an animal to something

Noun

adjugate (plural adjugates)

1. (mathematics) The transpose of the respective cofactor matrix, for a given matrix. One of the factors in calculating the inverse of a matrix. Commonly notated as adj(A), where A is the given matrix.

Anagrams

• adjutage

Latin

Participle

adjugāte

1. vocative masculine singular of adjugātus