英语词汇“matrix”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

单词

matrix

释义

matrix /māˈtriks or matˈriks/

noun (pl maˈtrices /-tris-ēz or -iz/ or maˈtrixes)

The womb (obsolete)
The place in which anything is developed or formed
That in which anything is embedded, such as ground-mass, gangue, intercellular substance, cementing material
The bed on which a thing rests, such as the cutis under a nail, the hollow in a slab to receive a monumental brass
A mould, eg for casting printing type
A rectangular array of quantities or symbols (mathematics)
Any rectangular arrangement of data in rows and columns
A table published by the Bank of England, giving recommended levels of Third World debt provision for individual institutions (finance)

ORIGIN: L mātrīx, -īcis a breeding animal, later, the womb, from māter mother

matric /mātˈ or matˈ/ adjective

Of, relating to, or having the properties of a matrix

matric potential noun (botany)

That component of the water potential of plants and soils that is due to the interaction of the water with colloids and to capillary forces

matrix printer noun

A printer attached to a computer which prints characters as a series of dots by firing pins against an inked ribbon (also dot matrix printer)

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