matrix
IPA: mˈeɪtrɪks
noun
- The cavity or mold in which anything is formed.
- (now rare) The womb.
- The metaphorical place where something is made, formed, or given birth.
- (biology) The material or tissue in which more specialized structures are embedded.
- (biology) An extracellular matrix, the material or tissue between the cells of animals or plants.
- (biology) Part of the mitochondrion.
- (biology) The medium in which bacteria are cultured.
- A table of data.
- (mathematics) A rectangular arrangement of numbers or terms having various uses such as transforming coordinates in geometry, solving systems of linear equations in linear algebra and representing graphs in graph theory.
- (computing) A two-dimensional array.
- (electronics) A grid-like arrangement of electronic components, especially one intended for information coding, decoding or storage.
- (geology) A geological matrix.
- (archaeology, paleontology) The sediment surrounding and including the artifacts, features, and other materials at a site.
- (analytical chemistry) The environment from which a given sample is taken.
- (printing, historical) In hot metal typesetting, a mold for casting a letter.
- (printing, historical) In printmaking, the plate or block used, with ink, to hold the image that makes up the print.
- (dyeing) The five simple colours (black, white, blue, red, and yellow) from which all the others are formed.
- (material science) A binding agent of composite materials, e.g. resin in fibreglass.
- (science fiction) A simulated reality to which many humans are connected. In some works created by sentient machines to subdue humans.
- (figurative) A social institution or apparatus perceived as largely deceptive or illusory.
- (slang, figurative, science fiction) Alternative letter-case form of Matrix; a controlled environment or situation in which people behave in ways that conform to pre-determined roles. [(science fiction) A simulated reality to which many humans are connected. In some works created by sentient machines to subdue humans.]
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Examples of "matrix" in Sentences
- The rest of the matrix is discarded.
- Let 'A' be the adjacency matrix of a graph.
- Divergent thinking is possible in the matrix.
- It is the analogue of the CKM matrix for quarks.
- The elements of the matrix are not the roots of unity.
- The matrix is known as the matrix of regression coefficients.
- The centering matrix allows us to express the scatter matrix.
- The epoxy matrix is very durable and resists most common chemicals.
- Typically, the backing plate has half of the mass of the composite matrix.
- Then in matrix form the metric looks like diag (- 1,1,1,1) as a bilinear form.
- The sum of the diagonal elements of a matrix is called the trace of the matrix.
- The centering matrix allows us to express the scatter matrix more compactly as.
- According to the Oxford Dictionary, a matrix is a grid-like array of elements; a lattice.
- Instead, the U-M researchers propose an alternative model, which they call the matrix quality model.
- They have got what they call a matrix display, where you choose any number of hotels and any number of flights.
- Google Squared, which delivers results in matrix form and allows them users to select and edit the fields along both axes of the spreadsheet.
- If we have local coordinates defined, we can then represent the metric tensor in matrix form, where, for our four-dimensional spacetime, we will have a 4×4 matrix with elements gμν.
- In addition to its decentralized international sales staff, ONC plans to create what it calls "matrix teams" of employees focused on a particular foreign region, each with its own goals, profit-and-loss performance statements, and dedicated resources.
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