Matrix

['meɪtrɪks] or ['metrɪks]

解釋/意思:

(noun.) mold used in the production of phonograph records, type, or other relief surface.

(noun.) the formative tissue at the base of a nail.

(noun.) the body substance in which tissue cells are embedded.

(noun.) (mathematics) a rectangular array of quantities or expressions set out by rows and columns; treated as a single element and manipulated according to rules.

(noun.) an enclosure within which something originates or develops (from the Latin for womb).

(noun.) (geology) amass of fine-grained rock in which fossils, crystals, or gems are embedded.

欧文錄入--From WordNet

解釋/意思:

(n.) The womb.

(n.) Hence, that which gives form or origin to anything

(n.) The cavity in which anything is formed, and which gives it shape; a die; a mold, as for the face of a type.

(n.) The earthy or stony substance in which metallic ores or crystallized minerals are found; the gangue.

(n.) The five simple colors, black, white, blue, red, and yellow, of which all the rest are composed.

(n.) The lifeless portion of tissue, either animal or vegetable, situated between the cells; the intercellular substance.

(n.) A rectangular arrangement of symbols in rows and columns. The symbols may express quantities or operations.

校對:佩里

同義詞及近義詞：

n. [L.] Mould, MATRICE.

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解釋/意思:

n. (anat.) the cavity in which an animal is formed before its birth the womb: the cavity in which anything is formed a mould: (mining) earthy or stony substances in which minerals are found embedded: (dyeing) the five simple colours (black white blue red and yellow) from which all the others are formed: (math.) a rectangular array of quantities usually square—a multiple quantity having as many dimensions as it has spaces:—pl. Matrices (mā′tri-sez or mat′ri-sez).

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