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tensor Definition

ten·sor (tensər, -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

tensor Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • derive: When refining TLS parameters there is a list of the refined TLS groups with the derived anisotropic tensor for each atom in the group.
  • call: Many ( but not all ) physical properties can be described by mathematical quantities called tensors.

Adjective modifier

  • anisotropic: The new anisotropic tensors will be written to the coordinate file in the standard PDB format.
  • metric: Metric tensor, , and a distance between points; a scalar product of two vectors.
  • principal: To make things easier it can be rotated into the principal stress tensor by a suitable change of axes.
  • stress-energy: This destroys the beauty of the field equations, which attribute the source of curvature entirely to matter as represented by the stress-energy tensor.
  • first: Vector quantities, for which both magnitude and direction are required, such as temperature gradient, are first rank tensors.
  • symmetric: T and L are symmetric tensors, while S is in general asymmetric.

Modifies a noun

  • lata: Like all muscles, the tensor fascia lata has a band of connective tissue at each end which bind it to bone.
  • latae: The stretch to the left is one of the best stretches for the tensor fasciae latae.
  • tympani: Blevins 1963 don't get in tensor tympani because fibers too thin.
  • fascia: Like all muscles, the tensor fascia lata has a band of connective tissue at each end which bind it to bone.
  • perturbation: The probability for the tensor perturbations will peak at order ten to the minus eight.
  • calculus: They constitute the first step toward the conception of tensor calculus.

Noun used with modifier

  • diffusion: Diffusion tensor imaging, the scanning method featured by BBC television's Tomorrow's World in February 2001.
  • strain: The strain tensor is a field tensor -- it depends on external factors.
  • momentum: A scalar field with a potential V, will have the energy momentum tensor shown on the screen.
  • stress: To make things easier it can be rotated into the principal stress tensor by a suitable change of axes.
  • moment: The moment tensor for the forces at the source would be a valuable additional input for modeling.
  • principal: To search for the second singular values and Principal Tensor associated an orthogonality constraint is added [ 4 ] .

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