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matrix
Noun
  • The womb. now rare
  • The material or tissue in which more specialized structures are embedded. biology
  • An extracellular matrix, the material or tissue between the cells of animals or plants. biology
  • Part of the mitochondrion. biology
  • The medium in which bacteria are cultured. biology
  • 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. mathematics
  • A two-dimensional array. computing
  • The circuitry inside a keyboard that determines which keys are being pressed. computing
  • A table of data.
  • A geological matrix. geology
  • The sediment surrounding and including the artifacts, features, and other materials at a site. archaeology and paleontology
  • The environment from which a given sample is taken. analytical chemistry
  • In hot metal typesetting, a mold for casting a letter. printing, historical
  • In printmaking, the plate or block used, with ink, to hold the image that makes up the print. printing, historical