An embedding or enclosing mass; esp. the rock material in which a metal, fossil, gem, etc., is embedded. Cf. gangue, n.
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| 释义 | the world > the earth > structure of the earth > structural features > mass > 			[noun]		 > of rock > enclosing mass (3)		 matrix1651 An embedding or enclosing mass; esp. the rock material in which a metal, fossil, gem, etc., is embedded. Cf. gangue, n. matrice1855 = matrix, n. 3a. Now rare. magma1882 Geology. The matrix or groundmass of a porphyritic rock. Obsolete.  | 
	
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