Associations to the word «Nilpotent»

Wiktionary

NILPOTENT, adjective. (mathematics) Describing an element of a ring, for which there exists some positive integer n such that xn = 0.
NILPOTENT, noun. (math) A nilpotent element.

Dictionary definition

NILPOTENT, adjective. Equal to zero when raised to a certain power.

Wise words

In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.
Alexander Pope