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μήτρα — meaning in English

mitra

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English meaning

  • Matrix noun A grid of numbers or values arranged in rows and columns, used in mathematics and computing.
  • womb noun The organ in a female mammal's body where offspring develop before birth; the uterus.

Senses

μήτρα is used for these senses in English:

  • geological matrix (geology) The fine-grained background material in which crystals, pebbles or fossils are embedded in a sedimentary rock
  • matrix (mathematics) 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.

Matrix — full definition

  1. noun A grid of numbers or values arranged in rows and columns, used in mathematics and computing.
  2. noun An environment or structure within which something else develops or is embedded.
  3. noun A simulated or artificial reality, especially one used to control or deceive those inside it (a sense popularized by science fiction).

womb — full definition

  1. noun The organ in a female mammal's body where offspring develop before birth; the uterus.
  2. noun Figuratively, a place where something originates or is formed.

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