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Webster 1913 Edition


Tensor

Ten′sor

,
Noun.
[NL. See
Tension
.]
1.
(Anat.)
A muscle that stretches a part, or renders it tense.
2.
(Geom.)
The ratio of one vector to another in length, no regard being had to the direction of the two vectors; – so called because considered as a stretching factor in changing one vector into another. See
Versor
.

Webster 1828 Edition


Tensor

TENS'OR

,
Noun.
In anatomy, a muscle that extends or stretches a part.

Definition 2024


Tensor

Tensor

See also: tensor and tensör

German

Noun

Tensor m

  1. (mathematics) tensor

Anagrams

tensor

tensor

See also: Tensor and tensör

English

Adjective

tensor (not comparable)

  1. Of or relating to tensors

Translations

Noun

tensor (plural tensors)

  1. (anatomy) A muscle that stretches a part, or renders it tense.
  2. (mathematics, physics) A mathematical object describing linear relations (may be represented as a multidimensional array).[2]
  3. (mathematics) (obsolete) A norm operation on the quaternion algebra

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References

  1. W. Voigt, Die fundamentalen physikalischen Eigenschaften der Krystalle in elementarer Darstellung, Leipzig, Germany: Veit & Co., 1898, p. 20.
  2. Rowland, Todd and Weisstein, Eric W., "Tensor", Wolfram MathWorld.

Verb

tensor (third-person singular simple present tensors, present participle tensoring, simple past and past participle tensored)

  1. To compute the tensor product of two tensors.

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Polish

Noun

tensor m inan

  1. (mathematics) tensor

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Spanish

Noun

tensor m (plural tensores)

  1. tensor

Swedish

Noun

tensor c

  1. (mathematics) tensor; a function which is linear in all variables

Declension

Inflection of tensor 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative tensor tensorn tensorer tensorerna
Genitive tensors tensorns tensorers tensorernas