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Matrix   /mˈeɪtrɪks/   Listen
Matrix

noun
(pl. matrices)
1.
(mathematics) a rectangular array of quantities or expressions set out by rows and columns; treated as a single element and manipulated according to rules.
2.
(geology) amass of fine-grained rock in which fossils, crystals, or gems are embedded.
3.
An enclosure within which something originates or develops (from the Latin for womb).
4.
The body substance in which tissue cells are embedded.  Synonyms: ground substance, intercellular substance.
5.
The formative tissue at the base of a nail.
6.
Mold used in the production of phonograph records, type, or other relief surface.



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"Matrix" Quotes from Famous Books



... that severity of manner that so frequently affirms an uncompromising devotion to duty, and conceals a warm and affectionate disposition. He was of the iron of which martyrs are made, but in the heart of the matrix had lurked a nobler metal, fusible at a milder heat, yet never coloring nor softening the hard exterior. By both heredity and environment something of the man's inflexible character had touched the other members of the family; ...
— Present at a Hanging and Other Ghost Stories • Ambrose Bierce
... as Sir Sydney Olivier says, "a matrix of emotional and spiritual energies that have yet to find their human expression," the African negro has obviously already not a few valuable ethnic elements—joy of life, love of colour, keen senses, beautiful voice, and ear for music—contributions ...
— The Melting-Pot • Israel Zangwill
... inverted cone, and punctured on the top with little cavities or cells, in which the seeds grow. The orifices of these cells being too small to let the seeds drop out when ripe, they shoot forth into new plants, in the places where they were formed, the bulb of the vessel serving as a matrix to nourish them until they acquire such a degree of magnitude as to burst it open and release themselves, after which, like other aquatic weeds, they take root wherever the current deposits them. This plant, therefore, being thus productive of itself, and vegetating from its own matrix, without ...
— The God-Idea of the Ancients - or Sex in Religion • Eliza Burt Gamble
... minds. The botanist and the geologist always find the nature of the strata indicative of its productions; the meagre light herbage announces the poverty of the soil it covers, while the luxuriant growth of plants betrays the richness of the matrix in which the roots are fixed. It is scarcely reasoning by analogy to apply this operating principle of nature to the ...
— Literary Character of Men of Genius - Drawn from Their Own Feelings and Confessions • Isaac D'Israeli
... the little mirror which was attached to the long chain of turquoise matrix about her neck: and Jurgen studied the frightened foolish aged face that he ...
— Jurgen - A Comedy of Justice • James Branch Cabell


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