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Definitions for Matrix

[1] 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.
[2] Anatomy . a formative part, as the corium beneath a nail.
[3] Biology . the intercellular substance of a tissue. ground substance.
[4] Petrology . the fine-grained portion of a rock in which coarser crystals or rock fragments are embedded.
[5] fine material, as cement, in which lumps of coarser material, as of an aggregate, are embedded.
[6] Mining . gangue.
[7] Metallurgy . a crystalline phase in an alloy in which other phases are embedded.
[8] Printing . a mold for casting typefaces.
[9] master(def 18) .
[10] Digital Technology a grid formed by perpendicular intersections that define potential space that may be filled, as by pixels on a screen, ink in dot-matrix printing, or material in 3D printing.
[11] (in a press or stamping machine) a multiple die or perforated block on which the material to be formed is placed.
[12] Mathematics . a rectangular array of numbers, algebraic symbols, or mathematical functions, especially when such arrays are added and multiplied according to certain rules.
[13] Linguistics . a rectangular display of features characterizing a set of linguistic items, especially phonemes, usually presented as a set of columns of plus or minus signs specifying the presence or absence of each feature for each item.
[14] Also called master. a mold made by electroforming from a disk recording, from which other disks may be pressed.
[15] Archaic . the womb.
[16] a substance, situation, or environment in which something has its origin, takes form, or is enclosed
[17] anatomy the thick tissue at the base of a nail from which a fingernail or toenail develops
[18] the intercellular substance of bone, cartilage, connective tissue, etc
[19] the rock material in which fossils, pebbles, etc, are embedded the material in which a mineral is embedded; gangue
[20] printing a metal mould for casting type a papier-mâché or plastic mould impressed from the forme and used for stereotyping Sometimes shortened to: mat
[21] (formerly) a mould used in the production of gramophone records. It is obtained by electrodeposition onto the master
[22] a bed of perforated material placed beneath a workpiece in a press or stamping machine against which the punch operates
[23] metallurgy the shaped cathode used in electroforming the metal constituting the major part of an alloy the soft metal in a plain bearing in which the hard particles of surface metal are embedded
[24] the main component of a composite material, such as the plastic in a fibre-reinforced plastic
[25] maths 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: (a d b e c f ) Compare determinant (def. 3)
[26] linguistics the main clause of a complex sentence
[27] computing a rectangular array of circuit elements usually used to generate one set of signals from another
[28] obsolete the womb

Words related to Matrix

origin, form, source, pattern, cast, grid, forge, model, mold, womb

Words nearby Matrix

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Origin of Matrix

1325–75; Middle English matris, matrix < Latin mātrix female animal kept for breeding (Late Latin: register, orig. of such beasts), parent stem (of plants), derivative of māter mother

Word origin for Matrix

C16: from Latin: womb, female animal used for breeding, from māter mother

Synonyms for Matrix

cast, forge, form, grid, model, mold, origin, pattern, source, womb