eigenvariate

English

Etymology

eigen- +‎ variate

Noun

eigenvariate (plural eigenvariates)

1. (mathematics) A principal component obtained from a multivariate dataset through principal components analysis.
   • 2004, Kenneth Hugdahl, Richard J. Davidson, The Asymmetrical Brain, page 183:

     These activities are usually taken to be the first local eigenvariate around the voxel of interest (a regional mean, weighted in accordance with the local covariance structure).