matrix sentence
Linguistics
noun
(In transformational grammar) a sentence in which subordinate sentences may be embedded.
Origin
1960s.
- multi-faculty
- multifaith
- multifamily
- multifarious
- multifariously
- multifariousness
- multiferous
- multifetal
- multi-fiber
- multi-fibre
- multifid
- multi-field
- multi-figured
- multifilament
- multifile
- multiflagellate
- multiflash
- multiflex
- multiflora
- multifloral
- multiflora rose
- multiflorous
- multiflowered
- multi-flue
- multifocal