transmutant Math.
(trɑːnsˈmjuːtənt, træns-, -nz-)
[ad. L. transmūtānt-em, pr. pple. of transmūtāre to transmute.]
(See quot.)
| 1858 Cayley Math. Papers II. 515 We may say that the function obtained by replacing..the facients of a covariant or contravariant by the first derived functions of a contravariant or covariant is a Transmutant of the first-mentioned covariant or contravariant. |