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adjacent
adjacent angle
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adjoin
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adjournment debate
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adjoint

ad·joint [ á jòynt ] (plural ad·joints)


noun 
Definition:
 
type of matrix: a matrix formed from a given square matrix, each element being derived from its cofactors, the determinants of the given matrix obtained by removing the row and column containing the element

[Late 16th century. < French, past participle of ajoindre (see adjoin)]
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