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Noun: diagonalization
  1. Changing a square matrix to diagonal form (with all non-zero elements on the principal diagonal)
    "the diagonalization of a normal matrix by a unitary transformation"
    - diagonalisation [Brit]

Derived forms: diagonalizations

See also: diagonalize

Type of: resolution, resolving

Encyclopedia: Diagonalization