eigenspace
noun
eigenspace is a noun meaning “The linear subspace consisting of all eigenvectors associated with a particular eigenvalue, together with the zero vector” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled E-I-G-E-N-S-P-A-C-E, and it appears about once in every 81 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of eigenspace is eigenspaces.
What does eigenspace mean?
noun
- 1
The linear subspace consisting of all eigenvectors associated with a particular eigenvalue, together with the zero vector.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of eigenspace
- eigenspaces plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is eigenspace?
Eigenspace appears about once in every 81 million words in written English, the 286,585th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Eigenspace in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense set of the eigenvectors associated with a particular eigenvalue:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | espace propre |
| German | Eigenraum |
| Spanish | espacio propio, autoespacio, eigenespacio, suispacio |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does eigenspace come from?
From eigen- + space.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).