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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024ma•tri•ces (mā′tri sēz′, ma′tri-),USA pronunciation n. - a pl. of matrix.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: matrices /ˈmeɪtrɪˌsiːz ˈmæ-/ n - a plural of matrix
ma•trix /ˈmeɪtrɪks, ˈmæ-/USA pronunciation n. [countable], pl. ma•tri•ces /ˈmeɪtrɪˌsiz, ˈmæ-/USA pronunciation ma•trix•es. - something that makes up the point from which something else comes;
the basis of something. - Mathematicsa rectangular arrangement of symbols.
See -mater-. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024ma•trix (mā′triks, ma′-),USA pronunciation n., pl. ma•tri•ces (mā′tri sēz′, ma′-),USA pronunciation ma•trix•es. - something that constitutes the place or point from which something else originates, takes form, or develops:The Greco-Roman world was the matrix for Western civilization.
- Anatomya formative part, as the corium beneath a nail.
- Cell Biology[Biol.]
- the intercellular substance of a tissue.
- See ground substance.
- Rocks[Petrol.]the fine-grained portion of a rock in which coarser crystals or rock fragments are embedded.
- Buildingfine material, as cement, in which lumps of coarser material, as of an aggregate, are embedded.
- Mininggangue.
- Metallurgya crystalline phase in an alloy in which other phases are embedded.
- Printinga mold for casting typefaces.
- master (def. 18).
- (in a press or stamping machine) a multiple die or perforated block on which the material to be formed is placed.
- Mathematicsa rectangular array of numbers, algebraic symbols, or mathematical functions, esp. when such arrays are added and multiplied according to certain rules.
- Linguisticsa rectangular display of features characterizing a set of linguistic items, esp. phonemes, usually presented as a set of columns of plus or minus signs specifying the presence or absence of each feature for each item.
- Sound ReproductionAlso called master. a mold made by electroforming from a disk recording, from which other disks may be pressed.
- [Archaic.]the womb.
- Latin mātrix female animal kept for breeding (Late Latin: register, origin, originally of such beasts), parent stem (of plants), derivative of māter mother
- Middle English matris, matrix 1325–75
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: matrix /ˈmeɪtrɪks ˈmæ-/ n ( pl matrices /ˈmeɪtrɪˌsiːz ˈmæ-/, matrixes)- a substance, situation, or environment in which something has its origin, takes form, or is enclosed
- the intercellular substance of bone, cartilage, connective tissue, etc
- the rock material in which fossils, pebbles, etc, are embedded
- a metal mould for casting type
- a papier-mâché or plastic mould impressed from the forme and used for stereotyping
- (formerly) a mould used in the production of gramophone records. It is obtained by electrodeposition onto the master
- a bed of perforated material placed beneath a workpiece in a press or stamping machine against which the punch operates
- a rectangular array of elements set out in rows and columns, used to facilitate the solution of problems, such as the transformation of coordinates. Usually indicated by parentheses: (abc
def) - obsolete the womb
Etymology: 16th Century: from Latin: womb, female animal used for breeding, from māter mother |