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Adjugate
Ad′ju-gate
,Verb.
T.
[L.
adjugatus
, p. p. of adjugare
; ad
+ jugum
a yoke.] To yoke to.
[Obs.]
Definition 2024
adjugate
adjugate
English
Verb
adjugate (third-person singular simple present adjugates, present participle adjugating, simple past and past participle adjugated)
- (obsolete) To yoke an animal to something
Noun
adjugate (plural adjugates)
- (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.