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a plural of matrix.
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noun, plural ma·tri·ces 
[mey-tri-seez, ma-] , ma·trix·es.
[mey-tri-seez, ma-] , ma·trix·es. 1.
something that constitutes the place or point from which something else originates, takes form, or develops: The Greco-Roman world was the matrix for Western civilization.
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Anatomy. a formative part, as the corium beneath a nail.
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Petrology. the fine-grained portion of a rock in which coarser crystals or rock fragments are embedded.
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EXPANDfine material, as cement, in which lumps of coarser material, as of an aggregate, are embedded.
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Mining. gangue.
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Metallurgy. a crystalline phase in an alloy in which other phases are embedded.
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Printing. a mold for casting typefaces.
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master (def. 18).
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(in a press or stamping machine) a multiple die or perforated block on which the material to be formed is placed.
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Mathematics. a rectangular array of numbers, algebraic symbols, or mathematical functions, especially when such arrays are added and multiplied according to certain rules.
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Linguistics. a rectangular display of features characterizing a set of linguistic items, especially phonemes, usually presented as a set of columns of plus or minus signs specifying the presence or absence of each feature for each item.
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Also called master. a mold made by electroforming from a disk recording, from which other disks may be pressed.
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COLLAPSEArchaic. the womb.
Origin:
1325–75; Middle English matris, matrix < Latin mātrix female animal kept for breeding (Late Latin: register, orig. of such beasts), parent stem (of plants), derivative of māter mother
1325–75; Middle English matris, matrix < Latin mātrix female animal kept for breeding (Late Latin: register, orig. of such beasts), parent stem (of plants), derivative of māter mother
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Plural matrices (mā'trĭ-sēz', māt'rĭ-) or matrixes
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