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MATRIX
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Irregular inflected form: matrices
I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Mold used in the production of phonograph records, type, or other relief surface
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("matrix" is a kind of...):
cast; mold; mould (container into which liquid is poured to create a given shape when it hardens)
Sense 2
Meaning:
The formative tissue at the base of a nail
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("matrix" is a kind of...):
animal tissue (the tissue in the bodies of animals)
Holonyms ("matrix" is a part of...):
nail (horny plate covering and protecting part of the dorsal surface of the digits)
Sense 3
Meaning:
The body substance in which tissue cells are embedded
Synonyms:
ground substance; intercellular substance; matrix
Classified under:
Nouns denoting body parts
Hypernyms ("matrix" is a kind of...):
body substance (the substance of the body)
Holonyms ("matrix" is a part of...):
bone; os (rigid connective tissue that makes up the skeleton of vertebrates)
connective tissue (tissue of mesodermal origin consisting of e.g. collagen fibroblasts and fatty cells; supports organs and fills spaces between them and forms tendons and ligaments)
cartilage; gristle (tough elastic tissue; mostly converted to bone in adults)
Sense 4
Meaning:
(mathematics) a rectangular array of quantities or expressions set out by rows and columns; treated as a single element and manipulated according to rules
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Hypernyms ("matrix" is a kind of...):
array (an orderly arrangement)
Domain category:
math; mathematics; maths (a science (or group of related sciences) dealing with the logic of quantity and shape and arrangement)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "matrix"):
correlation matrix (a matrix giving the correlations between all pairs of data sets)
dot matrix (a rectangular matrix of dots from which written characters can be formed)
square matrix (a matrix with the same number of rows and columns)
real matrix (a matrix whose elements are all real numbers)
transpose (a matrix formed by interchanging the rows and columns of a given matrix)
Sense 5
Meaning:
An enclosure within which something originates or develops (from the Latin for womb)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)
Hypernyms ("matrix" is a kind of...):
enclosure; natural enclosure (a naturally enclosed space)
Sense 6
Meaning:
(geology) a mass of fine-grained rock in which fossils, crystals, or gems are embedded
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("matrix" is a kind of...):
rock; stone (material consisting of the aggregate of minerals like those making up the Earth's crust)
Domain category:
geology (a science that deals with the history of the earth as recorded in rocks)
Context examples:
This gene is involved in the restructuring of the mesangial matrix.
(ADAM15 Gene, NCI Thesaurus)
ADAMTS proteins are soluble, extracellular matrix proteases.
(ADAM Type Metalloprotease Domain, NCI Thesaurus)
This gene plays a role in cell-cell and cell-matrix interactions.
(ADAM11 Gene, NCI Thesaurus)
When moving within a 3-D matrix designed to mimic conditions in the body, the cells developed blunt, cylindrical protrusions termed lobopodia.
(New Mechanism of Cell Movement Revealed, NIH)
An alpha(v)beta integrin inhibitor blocks the activity of an endothelial cell-surface expressed alpha(v)integrin, thereby inhibiting endothelial cell-cell interactions, endothelial cell-matrix interactions, and angiogenesis.
(Alpha V Beta Inhibitor, NCI Thesaurus)
This allele, which encodes stromelysin-1 protein, plays a role in the regulation of matrix remodeling via the activation of matrix metalloproteinase precursors.
(MMP3 wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)
This gene plays a role in wound repair and the regulation of extracellular matrix remodeling.
(MMP3 Gene, NCI Thesaurus)
This allele, which encodes matrilysin protein, is involved in the catabolism of extracellular matrix proteins.
(MMP7 wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)
This gene is involved in proteolysis and the regulation of matrix remodeling.
(MMP8 Gene, NCI Thesaurus)
They also performed further assays to test the ability of these 10 polymers to support chondrocyte proliferation to produce cartilage matrix in long-term cultures.
(Scientists design a new hydrogel that helps regenerate cartilage, University of Granada)
