conformable adj

1 quick to comply; "I have been to you a true and humble wife, at all times to your will conformable"-Shakespeare

2 disposed or willing to comply; "someone amenable to persuasion"; "the spirit indeed is willing but the flesh is weak"- Matthew

2641 [syn: amenable, willing]

3 in keeping; "salaries agreeable with current trends"; "plans conformable with your wishes"; "expressed views concordant with his background" [syn: accordant, agreeable, consonant, concordant]

English

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: con.form.able

Adjective

1. Having the same shape, very similar.

Synonyms

• similar
• alike
• suitable
• corresponding

Translations

• French: conforme
• Italian: conforme
• Portuguese: conforme
• Spanish: conforme

In mathematics, a matrix is conformable if its dimensions are suitable for defining some operation (e.g. addition, multiplication, etc.).

Examples

• In order to be conformable to addition, matrices need to have the same dimensions. Thus A, B and C all must have dimensions m × n in the equation

A + B = C

for some fixed m and n.

• For matrix multiplication, consider the equation

AB = C.

If A has dimensions m × n, then B has to have dimensions n × p for some p, so that C will have dimensions m × p.

See also

• Linear algebra