entrywise function
nounUK /ˈɛntriwaɪz ˈfʌŋkʃən/
US /ˈɛntriwaɪz ˈfʌŋkʃən/
A rule that works on each piece of a list one by one.
The entrywise function doubled every number in the list.
OTHER MEANINGS
2. A function applied separately to every entry of a matrix or vector.
Adding two matrices with an entrywise function keeps their shapes the same.
3. A rule in computing that changes each item of a collection independently.
The program used an entrywise function to square each value in the array.
4. A mathematical map defined coordinate by coordinate.
The entrywise function transformed each coordinate of the point.