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In math, a matrix is a grid of numbers arranged in rows and columns. More generally, a matrix is the larger structure or environment that something grows or exists inside of — like saying family is the matrix that shapes a child.
矩陣；(整體)母體/大環境
組成From Latin 'mater,' meaning 'mother' — a matrix was originally a word for a womb, the place where something grows.
同家族的字
- maternalboth come from the Latin word 'mater,' meaning mother
原始詞典資料22 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
Matrixname
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literaturemediapublishingA simulated reality to which many humans are connected. In some works created by sentient machines to subdue humans.
- “The matrix has its roots in primitive arcade games,” said the voice-over, “in early graphics programs and military experimentation with cranial jacks.” […] “Cyberspace. A consensual hallucination experienced daily by billions of legitimate operators, in every nation, by children being taught mathematical concepts … A graphic representation of data abstracted from the banks of every computer in the human system. Unthinkable complexity. […]”
- Now some folks want to claim that we're in the Matrix right now (or that the physical world is an illusion).
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A social institution or apparatus perceived as largely deceptive or illusory.
- They claimed that Paraguay’s accommodating immigration laws have proved attractive to Germans who want to “escape the matrix” and flee the “deep state and one world order”.
matrixnoun/ˈmeɪ.tɹɪks/
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The cavity or mold in which anything is formed.
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archaicThe womb.
- upon conception the inward orifice of the matrix exactly closeth, so that it commonly admitteth nothing after […]
- In very rare cases, when the matrix just goes on pegging away automatically, the doctor can take advantage of that and ease out the second brat who then can be considered to be, say, three minutes younger […]
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The metaphorical place where something is made, formed, or given birth.
- When it is remembered that ritual dancing was the matrix out of which the Drama sprang, and further that the drama in its inception (as still to-day in India) was an affair of religion and was acted in, or in connection with, the Temples, it becomes easier to understand how all this mass of ceremonial sacrifices, expiations, initiations, Sun and Nature festivals, eucharistic and orgiastic communions and celebrations, mystery-plays, dramatic representations, myths and legends, etc. [...] have practically sprung from the same root: a root deep and necessary in the psychology of Man.
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biologynatural-sciencesThe material or tissue in which more specialized structures are embedded.
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biologynatural-sciencesAn extracellular matrix, the material or tissue between the cells of animals or plants.
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biologynatural-sciencesPart of the mitochondrion.
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biologynatural-sciencesThe medium in which bacteria are cultured.
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A table of data.
另外 11 個記錄的用法
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mathematicssciencesA 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.
- Theorem (7.5.2) then says that every positive semidefinite matrix is a convex combination of matrices that lie on extreme rays.
- Check that the #92;mathcal#123;A#125;(#92;mathcal#123;D#125;)² in the example is itself the adjacency matrix of the indicated digraph:
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computingengineeringmathematicsA two-dimensional array.
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businesselectrical-engineeringelectricityA grid-like arrangement of electronic components, especially one intended for information coding, decoding or storage.
- Any type of core or diode matrix used to derive the decoding of these codes would amount to a rather large volume of terminals for just the 17,500 terminals alone.
- The transistor matrix in the encoder supplies the sequential gates.
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geographygeologynatural-sciencesA geological matrix.
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archaeologybiologyhistoryThe sediment surrounding and including the artifacts, features, and other materials at a site.
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The environment from which a given sample is taken.
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historicalmediaprintingpublishingIn hot metal typesetting, a mold for casting a letter.
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historicalmediaprintingpublishingIn printmaking, the plate or block used, with ink, to hold the image that makes up the print.
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businessdyeingmanufacturingThe five simple colours (black, white, blue, red, and yellow) from which all the others are formed.
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sciencesciencesA binding agent of composite materials, e.g. resin in fibreglass.
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human-scienceslinguisticssciencesMatrix clause is a clause that has another (subordinate) clause embedded within it.
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。