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Etymology

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Borrowed from German Matrize, from French matrice, from Latin mātrīx.[1] Compare Russian ма́трица (mátrica), Belarusian ма́трыца (mátryca), Polish matryca.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈmatret͡sʲɐ]
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Noun

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ма́триця (mátrycjaf inan (genitive ма́триці, nominative plural ма́триці, genitive plural ма́триць, relational adjective ма́тричний)

  1. matrix (the cavity or mold in which anything is formed)
  2. (printing, historical) matrix (in hot metal typesetting, a mold for casting a letter)
  3. (mathematics) matrix (a rectangular arrangement of numbers or terms)
  4. (figuratively) matrix (the metaphorical place where something is made, formed, or given birth)

Declension

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Derived terms

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References

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  1. ^ Melnychuk, O. S., editor (1989), “матриця”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), volume 3 (Кора – М), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, →ISBN, page 417

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