matrix

/ˈmeɪtrɪks/
noun
  1. An environment or material in which something develops; a surrounding medium or structure.
    • The city's cultural matrix includes museums, theaters, and galleries.
    • The fossil was embedded in a rocky matrix.
    • A supportive family provides a healthy matrix for a child's growth.
  2. A rectangular array of numbers, symbols, or expressions arranged in rows and columns, used in mathematics and computing.
    • The computer program uses a matrix to store image pixel data.
    • To solve the system of equations, we wrote the coefficients in a matrix.
    • In linear algebra, students learn how to multiply one matrix by another.
  3. The set of conditions that surround and influence something; a context or framework.
    • The decision was made within the matrix of existing laws.
    • Her ideas emerged from the complex matrix of social and political forces.
    • We need to understand the matrix of factors that led to the crisis.
verb
  1. To arrange or organize something into a matrix or grid-like structure.
    • They matrixed the team members across different projects.
    • The data was matrixed into a spreadsheet for analysis.
    • The designer matrixed the images into a neat grid.
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