annihilator
nounEtymology From annihilate + -or.
1
One who annihilates.
2
That ideal of R whose elements yield zero when multiplied by the given element (or; by the elements of the given subset) of M.
Commutative algebra Of an element (or subset) of an R-module M
- Derived terms
- annihilator method, family annihilator