semidefinite
adjEtymology From semi- + definite.
1
Not entirely definite; somewhat vague or undefined.
- Coral rock has only a semidefinite shape.1962, Bruno Klopfer, Helen Hiller Davidson, The Rorschach Technique: An Introductory Manual, page 99:
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Mathematics, Sciences Describing a bilinear form, over a vector space, that is either always nonnegative or always nonpositive.
- Derived terms
- semidefinitely, semidefiniteness