matrix plural
ma·trix
The plural form of matrix is matrices
M mDefinitions
- noun plural matrix 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. 1
- noun plural matrix Anatomy. a formative part, as the corium beneath a nail. 1
- noun plural matrix Biology. the intercellular substance of a tissue. ground substance. 1
- noun plural matrix Petrology. the fine-grained portion of a rock in which coarser crystals or rock fragments are embedded. 1
- noun plural matrix fine material, as cement, in which lumps of coarser material, as of an aggregate, are embedded. 1
- noun plural matrix Mining. gangue. 1
- noun plural matrix Metallurgy. a crystalline phase in an alloy in which other phases are embedded. 1
- noun plural matrix Printing. a mold for casting typefaces. 1
- noun plural matrix master (def 18). 1
- noun plural matrix 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. 1
- noun plural matrix (in a press or stamping machine) a multiple die or perforated block on which the material to be formed is placed. 1
- noun plural matrix Mathematics. a rectangular array of numbers, algebraic symbols, or mathematical functions, especially when such arrays are added and multiplied according to certain rules. 1
- noun plural matrix 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. 1
- noun plural matrix Also called master. a mold made by electroforming from a disk recording, from which other disks may be pressed. 1
- noun plural matrix Archaic. the womb. 1