matrix
pronunciation
How to pronounce matrix in British English:
UK [ˈmeɪtrɪks]
How to pronounce matrix in American English:
US [ˈmetrɪks]
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- Noun:
- a rectangular array of elements (or entries) set out by rows and columns
- an enclosure within which something originates or develops (from the Latin for womb)
- the body substance in which tissue cells are embedded
- the formative tissue at the base of a nail
- mold used in the production of phonograph records, type, or other relief surface
Word Origin
- matrix
- matrix: see madrigal
- matrix (n.)
- late 14c., "uterus, womb," from Old French matrice "womb, uterus," from Latin matrix (genitive matricis) "pregnant animal," in Late Latin "womb," also "source, origin," from mater (genitive matris) "mother" (see mother (n.1)). Sense of "place or medium where something is developed" is first recorded 1550s; sense of "embedding or enclosing mass" first recorded 1640s. Logical sense of "array of possible combinations of truth-values" is attested from 1914. As a verb from 1951.
Example
- 1. He also founded the ensemble matrix .
- 2. I used this to remember how to calculate the determinant of a matrix .
- 3. The material is composed of metal nanoparticles embedded in a transparent composite matrix .
- 4. Now square is adding to the dorsey matrix by tracking how users transact .
- 5. This concept is really quite easy , because it just requires a matrix and some constants .