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TENSOR

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Any of several muscles that cause an attached structure to become tense or firm

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Hypernyms ("tensor" is a kind of...):

muscle; musculus (one of the contractile organs of the body)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "tensor"):

tensor tympani (a small muscle in the middle ear that tenses to protect the eardrum)

Derivation:

tense (become tense, nervous, or uneasy)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A generalization of the concept of a vector

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Hypernyms ("tensor" is a kind of...):

variable; variable quantity (a quantity that can assume any of a set of values)

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