>**Question:** >is there a special name for matrices whose rows and columns sum to zero? I actually need information about those matrices and thus **a keyword for online search**. **Edit:** as there apparently is no name for those kind of matrices, I would like to suggest ,*"Vibration Matrices*" for discussion, because [vibrating](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vibration) membranes exhibit an analogous property with respect to the unexcited state as the zeto-level, .