matrix

A rectangular set of numbers arranged in rows and columns, used in mathematics.

• This matrix has three rows.
• Multiply the matrix by the vector.
• We used matrices to solve the equations.

Common phrases: square matrix, inverse matrix, multiply a matrix, identity matrix

A table with rows and columns that organizes information.

• The matrix shows each team's results.
• We arranged the survey answers in a matrix.
• Add a column to the comparison matrix.

Similar words: grid, table

Common phrases: data matrix, comparison matrix, matrix of results

The surrounding conditions or situation in which something forms or develops.

• The family forms a child's first social matrix.
• These ideas developed within a rich cultural matrix.
• Economic change altered the matrix of village life.

How to use it: matrix of something (The movement grew within a matrix of shared beliefs.)

Similar words: context, environment, setting

Common phrases: social matrix, cultural matrix, matrix of something