matrix
n
(pl matrices or ~es)
1 mould into which molten metal, liquid, etc is poured to form shapes for eg printer's type, gramophone records, etc 鑄模, 模型(如字模、 唱片原模等).
2 mass of rock, etc in which minerals, etc are found in the ground 母巖; 脈石; 基巖.
3 place where sth begins or develops 某物產生或成長之處; 發源地; 基質; 母體
bacteria growing in a matrix of nutrients 生長在培養基中的細菌.
4 (mathematics 數) arrangement of numbers, symbols, etc in a grid, treated as a single quantity in mathematical operations 矩陣. =>illus 見插圖.
5 (computing 計) group of circuit elements arranged to look like a lattice or grid 矩陣.