matrix

See also Matrix, and mátrix

English

Etymology

From Old French matrice (“pregnant animal”), from Latin mātrīx (“dam, womb”), from māter (“mother”).

Pronunciation

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• 1: enPR: māʹtrĭks; IPA: /ˈmeɪtɹɪks/; X-SAMPA: /"meItrIks/
• 2: enPR: măʹtrĭks; IPA: /ˈmætɹɪks/; X-SAMPA: /"m{trIks/

Noun

matrix (plural matrices or matrixes)

1. (now rare) The womb.
   • 1646, Sir Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica, III.17:

     upon conception the inward orifice of the matrix exactly closeth, so that it commonly admitteth nothing after [...].

   • 1969, Vladimir Nabokov, Ada or Ardor, Penguin 2011, p. 296:

     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 [...].

2. (biology) The material or tissue in which more specialized structures are embedded.
3. (biology) An extracellular matrix, the material or tissue between the cells of animals or plants.
4. (biology) Part of the mitochondrion.
5. (biology) The medium in which bacteria are cultured.
6. (mathematics) A rectangular arrangement of numbers or terms having various uses such as transforming coordinates in geometry, solving systems of linear equations in linear algebra and representing graphs in graph theory.
7. (computing) A two-dimensional array.
8. A table of data.
9. (geology) A geological matrix, the outer material of a rock consisting of larger grains embedded in a material consisting of smaller ones.
10. (archaeology) The sediment surrounding and including the artifacts, features, and other materials at a site.
11. (analytical chemistry) The environment from which a given sample is taken.

Synonyms

• (mathematics): array, table
• (table of data): array, grid, spreadsheet, table
• (computing): array

Derived terms

• extracellular matrix
• geological matrix
• matricial

Translations

womb — see womb

Material or tissue in which more specialized structures are embedded

• Icelandic: mergur (is), grind (is)

Extracellular matrix (see also: extracelular matrix)

• Greek: μεσοκυττάρια ουσία (el) (mesokitária ousía) f

Part of the mitochondrion

• Greek: μήτρα (el) (mitra) f
• Icelandic: grind (is)

• Polish: macierz (pl), matrix (pl) f
• Portuguese: matriz mitocondrial

Medium in which bacteria are cultured

• Icelandic: uppistöðuefni (is)

• Italian: matrice (it) f

In mathematics

• Catalan: matriu (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 矩陣 (cmn), 矩阵 (cmn) (jǔzhèn), 陣列 (cmn), 阵列 (cmn) (zhènliè)

• Czech: matice (cs) f
• Danish: matrix (da) c
• Dutch: matrix (nl) m
• Esperanto: matrico (eo)
• Finnish: matriisi (fi)
• French: matrice (fr) f
• German: Matrix (de) f
• Greek: μήτρα (el) (mitra) f, μητρώο (el) (mitró'o) n, πίνακας (el) (pínakas) m
• Hebrew: מטריצה (he) (matritsa) f
• Icelandic: fylki (is)

• Italian: matrice (it) f
• Japanese: 行列 (ja) (ぎょうれつ, gyōretsu)
• Lithuanian: matrica (lt)
• Macedonian: матрица (mk) (mátrica) f
• Norwegian: matrise (no) m/f
• Polish: macierz (pl) f
• Portuguese: matriz (pt) f
• Romanian: matrice (ro) f
• Russian: матрица (ru) (mátrica) f
• Serbo-Croatian: matrica (sh) f
• Spanish: matriz (es) f
• Swedish: matris (sv) c
• Telugu: మాత్రిక (maatrika)

Two-dimensional array

• Catalan: matriu (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 矩陣 (cmn), 矩阵 (cmn) (jǔzhèn), 陣列 (cmn), 阵列 (cmn) (zhènliè)

• Czech: matice (cs)
• Dutch: matrix (nl) m
• Esperanto: matrico (eo)
• Finnish: matriisi (fi)
• German: Matrix (de) f
• Greek: μήτρα (el) (mítra) f
• Hebrew: טבלה (he) (tavla) f

• Icelandic: innrúm (is)
• Italian: matrice (it) f
• Norwegian: matrise (no) m/f
• Polish: macierz (pl) f
• Portuguese: matriz (pt) f
• Romanian: matrice (ro) f
• Russian: матрица (ru) (mátrica) f
• Serbo-Croatian: matrica (sh) f
• Swedish: matris (sv) c

Geological matrix (see also: geological matrix)

• Greek: μήτρα (el) (mítra) f
• Icelandic: mót (is)

• Russian: матрица (ru) (mátrica) f

Sediment surrounding and including the artifacts, features, and other materials at an archaeological site

• Icelandic: mót (is), afsteypumót (is)

• Italian: matrice (it) f

Environment from which a given sample is taken

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 基質 (cmn), 基质 (cmn) (jīzhì)

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• Irish: maitrís (ga) f
• Romanian: matrice (ro) f

• Slovak: matica (sk) f
• Spanish: matriz (es) f

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Dutch

Etymology

From Latin mātrīx. Cognate with matrijs.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈmaːtrɪks/

Noun

matrix f (plural matrices or matrixen, diminutive matrixje)

1. matrix (in mathematics)

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Latin

Etymology

From māter (“mother”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA: /ˈmaː.triːks/

Noun

mātrīx (genitive mātrīcis); f, third declension

1. uterus

Derived meanings:

1. womb
2. dam (non-human female animal kept for breeding)
3. source, origin
4. list, register

1. vocative singular of mātrix

Inflection

Number	Singular	Plural
nominative	mātrīx	mātrīcēs
genitive	mātrīcis	mātrīcum
dative	mātrīcī	mātrīcibus
accusative	mātrīcem	mātrīcēs
ablative	mātrīce	mātrīcibus
vocative	mātrīx	mātrīcēs

Derived terms

• mātrīcālis
• mātrīcula

Related terms

māter mātercula māterfamiliās māternitās māternus

mātertera mātrālis mātrēscō mātricīda mātricīdium

mātrīculārius mātrimōniālis mātrimōnium mātrimus

mātrōna mātrōnālis mātrōnātus mātruēlis

Descendants

Aromanian: mãtricã Catalan: matriu English: matrix French: matrice Italian: matrice

Macedonian: матрица Portuguese: matriz Romanian: mătrice, matrice Russian: матрица Spanish: matriz