Tensor

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. Anatomy A muscle that stretches or tightens a body part.
  • n. Mathematics A set of quantities that obey certain transformation laws relating the bases in one generalized coordinate system to those of another and involving partial derivative sums. Vectors are simple tensors.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A muscle that stretches a part, or renders it tense.
  • adj. Of or relating to tensors
  • v. To compute the tensor product of two tensors.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. A muscle that stretches a part, or renders it tense.
  • n. The ratio of one vector to another in length, no regard being had to the direction of the two vectors; -- so called because considered as a stretching factor in changing one vector into another. See Versor.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. In anatomy, one of several muscles which tighten a part, or make it tense, or put it upon the stretch: differing from an extensor in not changing the relative position or direction of the axis of the part: opposed to laxator.
  • n. In mathematics, the modulus of a quaternion; the ratio in which it stretches the length of a vector.
  • In anatomy, noting certain muscles whose function is to render fasciæ or other structures tense.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. any of several muscles that cause an attached structure to become tense or firm
  • n. a generalization of the concept of a vector
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