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nilpotent

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9 lettersPronunciation /nɪlˈpəʊtənt/Part of speech adjectiveSorted eilnnopttStarts with NEnds with T0 clues
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  1. equal to zero when raised to a certain power

Word origin

From nil (“not any”) + potent (“having power”) with literal meaning “having zero power” - bearing Latin roots nil and potens.

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  • If a square matrix is upper triangular and has zeros on the diagonal, then it is nilpotent (under the usual matrix multiplication).

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