annihilator

English

Etymology

annihilate +‎ -or

Noun

annihilator (plural annihilators)

1. One who annihilates.
2. (commutative algebra, of an element (or subset) of an $R$-module $M$) That ideal of $R$ whose elements yield zero when multiplied by the given element (or; by the elements of the given subset) of $M$.

Derived terms

• annihilator method
• family annihilator

Translations

one who annihilates

• Finnish: tuhoaja (fi)
• German: Vernichter (de); (in mathematics) Annullator
• Hungarian: megsemmisítő (hu), romboló (hu)
• Portuguese: aniquilador m
• Romanian: anulator m

Latin

Verb

annihilātor

1. second/third-person singular future passive imperative of annihilō