Ma'anar ƙamus na kalmar "diagonalizable" ita ce:siffa: mai iya canzawa zuwa matrix diagonal ta hanyar canjin kamanni.A cikin layi na algebra, a square matrix an ce ya zama diagonalizable idan za a iya canza zuwa diagonal matrix ta kamanni canji, wanda ke nufin cewa matrix za a iya bayyana a cikin sharuddan diagonal matrix da wani invertible matrix. Matrix diagonal matrix ne wanda duk abubuwan da ba su dace ba ba su da sifili. Don haka, za a iya sauƙaƙa matrix ɗin diagonalizable zuwa nau'i mai sauƙin aiki da shi, yana mai da shi ra'ayi mai amfani a fannoni da yawa na lissafi da kimiyyar lissafi.