matrix
/ˈmæɪ.tɹɪks/
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.07 in modern English
15
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
The metaphorical place where something is made, formed, or given birth.
noun
The material or tissue in which more specialized structures are embedded.
noun
Part of the mitochondrion.
Example Sentences
- "upon conception the inward orifice of the matrix exactly closeth, so that it commonly admitteth nothing after […]"
- "In very rare cases, when the matrix just goes on pegging away automatically, the doctor can take advantage of that and ease out the second brat who then can be considered to be, say, three minutes younger […]"
- "When it is remembered that ritual dancing was the matrix out of which the Drama sprang, and further that the drama in its inception (as still to-day in India) was an affair of religion and was acted in, or in connection with, the Temples, it becomes easier to understand how all this mass of ceremonial sacrifices, expiations, initiations, Sun and Nature festivals, eucharistic and orgiastic communions and celebrations, mystery-plays, dramatic representations, myths and legends, etc. [...] have practically sprung from the same root: a root deep and necessary in the psychology of Man."
- "Theorem (7.5.2) then says that every positive semidefinite matrix is a convex combination of matrices that lie on extreme rays."
- "Check that the #92;mathcal#123;A#125;(#92;mathcal#123;D#125;)² in the example is itself the adjacency matrix of the indicated digraph:"
- "2007, Gerhard Kloos, Matrix Methods for Optical Layout, SPIE Press, page 25, The matrix describing the reflection at a plane mirror can be obtained by taking the matrix for reflection at a spherical reflector and letting the radius of the spherical mirror tend to infinity."
Etymology
From Middle English matris, matrice, matrix, from Old French matrice (“pregnant animal”), or from Latin mātrīx (“dam, womb”), both ultimately from māter (“mother”). Doublet of mother from Indo-European ancestor. Slang usage coined with the 1999 sci-fi action film The Matrix.
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Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈmæɪ.tɹɪks/