Tensor Definition

tĕnsər, -sôr
noun
Any muscle that stretches, or tenses, some part of the body.
Webster's New World
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.
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(mathematics, physics) An image of a tuple under a tensor product map.
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(mathematics, physics) A function of several variables.
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(mathematics, physics) A mathematical object consisting of a set of components with n indices each of which range from 1 to m where n is the rank and m is the dimension of the tensor.

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adjective
Of or relating to tensors.
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verb
To compute the tensor product of two tensors.
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Other Word Forms of Tensor

Noun

Singular:
tensor
Plural:
tensors

Origin of Tensor

  • New Latin tēnsor from Latin tēnsus past participle of tendere to stretch tense1

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Tensor Sentence Examples

  • Like all muscles, the tensor fascia lata has a band of connective tissue at each end which bind it to bone.

  • Diffusion tensor imaging, the scanning method featured by BBC television's Tomorrow's World in February 2001.

  • These and a few further structural isomorphisms lead to tensor algebra (see next combinator ).

  • The probability for the tensor perturbations will peak at order ten to the minus eight.

  • When refining TLS parameters there is a list of the refined TLS groups with the derived anisotropic tensor for each atom in the group.

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Words Starting With

TTETEN

Words Ending With

RORSOR

Unscrambles

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Words Starting With T and Ending With R

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6 Letter Words6 Letter Words Starting With T6 Letter Words Ending With R