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Webster 1913 Edition
Tensor
1.
(Anat.)
A muscle that stretches a part, or renders it tense.
2.
(Geom.)
The ratio of one vector to another in length, no regard being had to the direction of the two vectors; – so called because considered as a stretching factor in changing one vector into another. See
Versor
. Webster 1828 Edition
Tensor
TENS'OR
,Noun.