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Tensor
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Tensor
• (n.) 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. • (n.) A muscle that stretches a part, or renders it tense. Found op http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning/tensor/
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tensor 1. Any muscle that stretches, or tenses, some part of the body. 2. In mathematics, 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. Found op http://www.wordinfo.info/words/index/info/view_unit/2808/10
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[intrinsic definition] In mathematics, the modern component-free approach to the theory of a tensor views a tensor as an abstract object, expressing some definite type of multi-linear concept. Their well-known properties can be derived from their definitions, as linear maps or more generally... Found op http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tensor_(intrinsic_definition)
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Tensors are geometric objects that describe linear relations between vectors, scalars, and other tensors. Elementary examples of such relations include the dot product, the cross product, and linear maps. Vectors and scalars themselves are also tensors. A tensor can be represented as a multi-dimens... Found op http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tensor
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A generalization of a vector; tensors originated in the 19th century as an abstract mathematical concept. A tensor is specified in terms of a set of coordinates, so that its form changes if a different set of mathematical coordinates is chosen. However, tensors have the property that any equation in... Found op http://www.daviddarling.info/encyclopedia/T/tensor.html
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tensor, in mathematics, quantity that depends linearly on several vector variables and that varies covariantly with respect to some variables and contravariantly with respect to others when the coordinate axes are rotated (see Cartesian coordinates). Tensors appear throughout mathematics, though the... Found op http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/sci/A0848182.html
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A tensor is a type of muscle which tightens or stretches a part of the body. Found op http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/browse/ET.HTM
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Type: Term Pronunciation: ten′sŏr, ten-sō′rēz Definitions: 1. A muscle the function of which is to render a part firm and tense. Found op http://www.medilexicon.com/medicaldictionary.php?t=90239
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Latin tensus = stretched; hence a muscle which produces tension. Found op http://www.anatomy.usyd.edu.au/glossary/glossary.cgi?
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1) Certain muscle 2) Muscle 3) Muscle that stretches 4) Stretching muscle 5) Tightening muscle 6) Variable 7) Variable quantity Found op http://www.mijnwoordenboek.nl/EN/crossword-dictionary/tensor/1
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