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Webster 1913 Edition


matrix

ma′trix

(mā′trĭks)
,
Noun.
;
pl.
Matrices
(măt′rĭ-sēz)
.
[L., fr.
mater
mother. See
Mother
, and cf.
Matrice
.]
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.
[L. matrix, from mater, mother.]
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.

Definition 2024


mátrix

mátrix

See also: matrix and Matrix

Hungarian

Noun

mátrix (plural mátrixok)

  1. (linear algebra) matrix

Declension

Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative mátrix mátrixok
accusative mátrixot mátrixokat
dative mátrixnak mátrixoknak
instrumental mátrixszal mátrixokkal
causal-final mátrixért mátrixokért
translative mátrixszá mátrixokká
terminative mátrixig mátrixokig
essive-formal mátrixként mátrixokként
essive-modal
inessive mátrixban mátrixokban
superessive mátrixon mátrixokon
adessive mátrixnál mátrixoknál
illative mátrixba mátrixokba
sublative mátrixra mátrixokra
allative mátrixhoz mátrixokhoz
elative mátrixból mátrixokból
delative mátrixról mátrixokról
ablative mátrixtól mátrixoktól
Possessive forms of mátrix
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. mátrixom mátrixaim
2nd person sing. mátrixod mátrixaid
3rd person sing. mátrixa mátrixai
1st person plural mátrixunk mátrixaink
2nd person plural mátrixotok mátrixaitok
3rd person plural mátrixuk mátrixaik

Derived terms

References

  1. Tótfalusi István, Idegenszó-tár: Idegen szavak értelmező és etimológiai szótára. Tinta Könyvkiadó, Budapest, 2005, ISBN 963 7094 20 2