# Metzlerian

> English word · Adjective

## Definitions
1. Of or pertaining to the theories of the 20th-century American economist Lloyd Appleton Metzler.
2. Of a matrix, having negative elements on the main diagonal and non-negative elements everywhere else.

## Etymology
From Metzler + -ian.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/metzlerian