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noun

matrix n. (pl. matrices)

(Anat.) The womb. "All that openeth the matrix is mine."

Hence: That which gives form or origin to anything; as:

(a)

(Mech.) The cavity in which anything is formed, and which gives it shape; a die; a mold, as for the face of a type.

(b)

(Min.) The earthy or stony substance in which metallic ores or crystallized minerals are found; the gangue.

(c)

pl. (Dyeing) The five simple colors, black, white, blue, red, and yellow, of which all the rest are composed.

(Biol.) The lifeless portion of tissue, either animal or vegetable, situated between the cells; the intercellular substance.

(Math.) A rectangular arrangement of symbols in rows and columns. The symbols may express quantities or operations.

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... the largest found, is sixty-seven feet long and stands fifteen and one-half feet high. Its neck measures thirty feet in length and its tail eighteen. The body weighed about ninety tons. This huge fossil, enclosed in its stone matrix, was sent from the quarry to the museum. After it had been received two men were employed constantly for nearly two and one-half years in removing the matrix, repairing, and mounting ...

— Wealth of the World's Waste Places and Oceania • Jewett Castello Gilson

... that although the sapphire is found in all this region in greater quantity than the ruby, it has never yet been discovered in the original matrix, and the small fragments which sometimes occur in dolomite show that there it is but a deposit. From its exquisite colour and the size in which it is commonly found, it forms by far the most valuable gem of the island. A piece which was dug out of the alluvium within a few miles of ...

— Ceylon; an Account of the Island Physical, Historical, and • James Emerson Tennent

... of bacteria which develop in the mouth, growing naturally upon the dbris of starchy or carbohydrate food, producing fermentation of the mass, with lactic acid as the end product. The lactic acid dissolves the mineral constituent of the tooth structure, calcium phosphate, leaving the organic matrix of the tooth exposed. Another class of germs, the peptonising and putrefactive bacteria, then convert the organic matter into liquid or gaseous end products. The accuracy of the conclusions obtained from his analytic research was synthetically proved, after the manner ...

— Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 2 - "Demijohn" to "Destructor" • Various

... had wrote out, now perfectly alphabeticall, and so to bed. Sir Richard Ford did this evening at Sir W. Batten's tell us that upon opening the body of my Lady Denham it is said that they found a vessel about her matrix which had never been broke by her husband, that caused all pains in her body. Which if true is excellent invention to clear both the Duchesse from poison or the Duke from lying ...

— Diary of Samuel Pepys, Complete • Samuel Pepys

... wine? 'Eau clairette. A water (made of Aquauite, Cinnamon, Sugar, and old red Rose water) excellent against all the diseases of the Matrix.' Cot. ...

— Early English Meals and Manners • Various

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