matric

See also: mãtric

English

Etymology 1

From matriculation.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /məˈtɹɪk/

Noun

matric (countable and uncountable, plural matrics)

1. (South Africa) The final year of high school. [from 20th c.]
2. (South Africa) Someone in their final year of high school. [from 20th c.]
   • 1979, André Brink, A Dry White Season, Vintage 1998, p. 37:

     Once, when some money disappeared […], it was Ben who took the cleaner under his wing and instituted inquiries which revealed a group of matric boys to be the culprits.

Etymology 2

From matrix.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmeɪtɹɪk/, /ˈmætɹɪk/

Adjective

matric (not comparable)

1. (mathematics) Of or pertaining to matrices.
   • 1939, Hermann Weyl, "Chapter 3: Matric algebras and group rings", The Classical Groups: Their Invariants and Representations

     But throughout this book we look upon the matric algebras as our primary object;

   • 1956, R. J. Kavanagh, "The application of matrix methods to multi-variable control systems", Journal of the Franklin Institute, vol. 262.

     […] the possibility of using matric methods to solve analysis and synthesis problems becomes apparent.

   • 1964, The Matrix and Tensor Quarterly, p. 110, September

     In other words, its controls are homeomorphic to the matric mathematics.

Anagrams

• tricam, trimac