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Webster 1913 Edition
matrix
ma′trix
(mā′trĭks)
, Noun.
pl.
Matrices
(măt′rĭ-sēz)
. 1.
(Anat.)
The womb.
All that openeth the
matrix
is mine. Ex. xxxiv. 19.
2.
Hence:
That which gives form or origin to anything
; as: (a)
(Mech.)
The cavity in which anything is formed, and which gives it shape; a die; a mold, as for the face of a type.
(b)
(Min.)
The earthy or stony substance in which metallic ores or crystallized minerals are found; the gangue.
(c)
pl.
(Dyeing)
The five simple colors, black, white, blue, red, and yellow, of which all the rest are composed.
3.
(Biol.)
The lifeless portion of tissue, either animal or vegetable, situated between the cells; the intercellular substance.
4.
(Math.)
A rectangular arrangement of symbols in rows and columns. The symbols may express quantities or operations.
Webster 1828 Edition
Matrix
MA'TRIX
,Noun.
1.
The womb; the cavity in which the fetus of an animal is formed and nourished till its birth.2.
A mold; the cavity in which any thing is formed, and which gives it shape; as the matrix of a type.3.
The place where any thing is formed or produced; as the matrix of metals; gang.4.
In dyeing, the five simple colors, black, white, blue, red and yellow, of which all the rest are composed.