matrixnoun
uk/ˈmeɪ.trɪks/us/ˈmeɪ.trɪks/plural matrices /-trɪ.siːz/matrixesmatrix noun (DEVELOPMENT)
[ C ] formal the set of conditions that provides a system in which something grows or develops:
Europe is remaking itself politically within the matrix of the European Community.
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Situations and circumstances
- affair
- backdrop
- background
- case
- circumstance
- climate
- condition
- farce
- footing
- going
- perfect storm
- picture
- position
- practicality
- scheme
- situation
- snapshot
- stake
- the scheme of things idiom
- thing
matrix noun (MATHEMATICS)
[ C ] specialized mathematics a group of numbers or other symbols arranged in a rectangle that can be used together as a single unit to solve particular mathematical problems
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Calculations & calculating
- aggregate
- algorithm
- amount
- amount to sth
- average
- come to sth
- commutative
- computational
- compute
- equate
- figure
- get/have your sums right/wrong idiom
- grand total
- guesstimate
- instantaneous velocity
- miscalculate
- projected
- put
- put sth at sth
- result
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matrix noun (SUBSTANCE)
[ C or U ] specialized a substance in which other things are fixed, buried, etc.:
The fossils lie embedded in a matrix of shale and sandstone.
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Frames & structures
- armature
- assembly
- bezel
- carcass
- clothes hanger
- clothes horse
- coat hanger
- construction
- frame
- framework
- gantry
- hanger
- honeycomb
- infrastructure
- shell
- skeleton
- stand
- structural
- structure
- substructure
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