pivot operation

noun

The interchange of suitable rows and/or columns of a matrix in order to place a particular element on the diagonal (prior to some other operation)

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Meanings

nounpivot operation (plural pivot operations)

plural pivot operations

  1. mathematicsThe interchange of suitable rows and/or columns of a matrix in order to place a particular element on the diagonal (prior to some other operation)
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