tensor
Anatomy. a muscle that stretches or tightens some part of the body.
Mathematics. a mathematical entity with components that change in a particular way in a transformation from one coordinate system to another.
Origin of tensor
1Other words from tensor
- ten·so·ri·al [ten-sawr-ee-uhl, -sohr-], /tɛnˈsɔr i əl, -ˈsoʊr-/, adjective
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How to use tensor in a sentence
The advantage of using tensors is that GPUs, the chips that have powered the deep learning revolution, are able to process them very quickly in parallel.
Scientists Dethrone Google’s Quantum Advantage Claim With a Conventional Computer | Edd Gent | August 12, 2022 | Singularity HubWith the Pixel 6 line, Google started building its own custom tensor chips like how Apple creates custom chipsets for each version of the iPhone.
The best Android phones from affordable to flagship | Brendan Hesse | November 4, 2021 | Popular-ScienceThe particular tensors used in this problem are three-dimensional arrays of numbers composed of many different parts, each of which looks like a small matrix multiplication problem.
Matrix Multiplication Inches Closer to Mythic Goal | Kevin Hartnett | March 23, 2021 | Quanta MagazineMatrix multiplication and this problem involving tensors are equivalent to each other in a sense, yet researchers already had faster procedures for solving the latter one.
Matrix Multiplication Inches Closer to Mythic Goal | Kevin Hartnett | March 23, 2021 | Quanta MagazineIn their new proof, Alman and Vassilevska Williams reduce the friction between the two problems and show that it’s possible to “buy” more matrix multiplication than previously realized for solving a tensor problem of a given size.
Matrix Multiplication Inches Closer to Mythic Goal | Kevin Hartnett | March 23, 2021 | Quanta Magazine
But for practical effect, you'd be better off trying to explain the fundamentals of tensor calculus.
Why Not Make Social Security Benefits Even More Generous | Megan McArdle | March 8, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTAt least they won't get angry and accuse you of heartlessly trying to kill them in order to save a few dollars on tensor fields.
Why Not Make Social Security Benefits Even More Generous | Megan McArdle | March 8, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTThree men sat around a table which was littered with graphs, sketches of mathematical functions, and books of tensor formulae.
Islands of Space | John W CampbellThe chief physiological antagonistics of the glutei are the quadriceps femoris and tensor fascia lata.
Lameness of the Horse | John Victor LacroixIn the case of the malleus there may be some resistance owing to the attachment of the tendon of the tensor tympani muscle.
Hence his apt qualification of the drug, "a tensor par excellence of the vocal cords."
Coca and its Therapeutic Application, Third Edition | Angelo MarianiFauvel who gave our wine the very striking and exact title of "tensor of the vocal cords."
Coca and its Therapeutic Application, Third Edition | Angelo Mariani
British Dictionary definitions for tensor
/ (ˈtɛnsə, -sɔː) /
anatomy any muscle that can cause a part to become firm or tense
maths a set of components, functions of the coordinates of any point in space, that transform linearly between coordinate systems. For three-dimensional space there are 3 r components, where r is the rank. A tensor of zero rank is a scalar, of rank one, a vector
Origin of tensor
1Derived forms of tensor
- tensorial (tɛnˈsɔːrɪəl), adjective
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Scientific definitions for tensor
[ tĕn′sər, -sôr′ ]
A structure of quantities arranged by zero or more indices, such as a scalar (zero indices), a vector (one index), or a matrix (two indices), which is invariant under transformations of coordinates.
Any of various muscles that stretch or tighten a body part, as the muscle that acts to tense the soft palate, called the tensor palati.
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