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tensor definition

ten·sor (ten′sər, -sôr′)

noun

  1. any muscle that stretches, or tenses, some part of the body
  2. Math. an abstract object representing a generalization of the vector concept and having a specified system of components that undergo certain types of transformation under changes of the coordinate system

Etymology: ModL < L tensus: see tense

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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