Where does “right stochastic matrix” come from?

right stochastic matrix (English) comes from English right, from Middle English right, from Old English riht, from Proto-West Germanic reht, from Proto-Germanic rehtaz, from Proto-Indo-European h₃reǵtós, from Proto-Indo-European h₃reǵ- — to straighten, to right oneself; right; just.

right stochastic matrix (English): A square matrix whose rows consist of nonnegative...

Definitions

  1. A square matrix whose rows consist of nonnegative...

Ancestry of “right stochastic matrix”, step by step

right stochastic matrix traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English right

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishrightStraight, not bent; Of an angle, having a size of...
2Middle EnglishrightA good deed, right action; A just or equitable...
3Old Englishrihtstraight; right, true, correct; rightful,...
4Proto-West Germanicrehtstraight; right, correct; morally upright, just
5Proto-Germanicrehtazright, straight; morally upright, just
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃reǵtósstraightened, right, upright
7Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃reǵ-to straighten, to right oneself; right; just

via English stochastic matrix

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishstochastic matrixA matrix having the property that the entries in...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₃reǵ-Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₃reǵtósEvery word from Proto-Germanic rehtaz
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