canonical form

canonical form

[kə′nän·ə·kəl ‚fȯrm]

(control systems)

A specific type of dynamical system representation in which the associated matrices possess specific row-column structures.

(organic chemistry)

A resonance structure for a cyclic compound in which the bonds do not intersect.

contributing structure

(science and technology)

A particularly clean and simple representation which usually follows or satisfies a general rule.

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