matrix.
The cavity or mold in which anything is formed.
Meaning & usage
The cavity or mold in which anything is formed.
The womb.
The metaphorical place where something is made, formed, or given birth.
The material or tissue in which more specialized structures are embedded.
An extracellular matrix, the material or tissue between the cells of animals or plants.
Part of the mitochondrion.
The medium in which bacteria are cultured.
A table of data.
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.
A two-dimensional array.
Alternative letter-case form of Matrix; a controlled environment or situation in which people behave in ways that conform to pre-determined roles.
A grid-like arrangement of electronic components, especially one intended for information coding, decoding or storage.
A geological matrix.
The sediment surrounding and including the artifacts, features, and other materials at a site.
The environment from which a given sample is taken.
In hot metal typesetting, a mold for casting a letter.
In printmaking, the plate or block used, with ink, to hold the image that makes up the print.
The five simple colours (black, white, blue, red, and yellow) from which all the others are formed.
A binding agent of composite materials, e.g. resin in fibreglass.
Matrix clause is a clause that has another (subordinate) clause embedded within it.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English matris, matrice, matrix, from Old French matrice (“pregnant animal”), or from Latin mātrīx (“dam, womb”), both ultimately from māter (“mother”). Doublet of mother from Indo-European ancestor. Slang usage coined with the 1999 sci-fi action film The Matrix.
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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.