matric
See also: mãtric
English edit
Etymology 1 edit
From matriculation.
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Noun edit
matric (countable and uncountable, plural matrics)
- (South Africa) The final year of high school. [from 20th c.]
- (South Africa) Someone in their final year of high school. [from 20th c.]
- Synonym: (US) senior
- 1979, André Brink, A Dry White Season, Vintage, published 1998, page 37:
- Once, when some money disappeared […], it was Ben who took the cleaner under his wing and instituted inquiries which revealed a group of matric boys to be the culprits.
Etymology 2 edit
From matrix.
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Adjective edit
matric (not comparable)
- (mathematics) Of or pertaining to matrices.
- 1939, Hermann Weyl, “Chapter 3: Matric algebras and group rings”, in The Classical Groups: Their Invariants and Representations:
- But throughout this book we look upon the matric algebras as our primary object;
- 1956, R. J. Kavanagh, “The application of matrix methods to multi-variable control systems”, in Journal of the Franklin Institute, volume 262:
- […] the possibility of using matric methods to solve analysis and synthesis problems becomes apparent.
- 1964 September, The Matrix and Tensor Quarterly, page 110:
- In other words, its controls are homeomorphic to the matric mathematics.