Definition of "eigenvectors" [eigenvectors]

• Plural form of eigenvector. (noun)

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• "The eigenvectors are the directions in which a matrix A transforms a vector “eigenly”–it doesn’t change the vector’s direction, it only dilates it by the scalar amount z."
• "“Math professors love us because Google has made eigenvectors relevant to every matrix algebra student in America,” says Marissa Mayer."
• "Observe any N variables that are not fully correlated and you can summarize the information in an N by N correlation matrix which has N orthogonal real eigenvectors."