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MATRIX , a word of somewhat wide application, chiefly used in the sense of a See also:

BED
BED (a common Teutonic word, cf. German Bett, probably connected with the Indo-European root bhodh, seen in the Lat. fodere, to dig; so " a dug-out place " for safe resting, or in the same sense as a garden " bed ")

bed or enclosing See also:

mass in which something is shaped or formed (See also:

LATE

Late See also:

LAT

Lat. matrix, womb; in classical Latin matrix was only applied to an See also:

animal kept for breeding). Matrix is thus used of a See also:

MOULD

mould of See also:

metal or other substance in which a See also:

DESIGN (Fr. desiin, drawing; Lat. designare, to mark out)

design or See also:

PATTERN

pattern is made in See also:

INTAGLIO (an Ital. word, from intagliare, to incise, cut into)

intaglio, and from which an impression in See also:

RELIEF

relief is taken. In See also:

die-sinking and coining, the matrix is the hardened See also:

STEEL, FLORA ANNIE (1847– )

steel mould from which the die-punches are taken. The See also:

TERM

term " See also:

seal " should strictly See also:

DIET

diet and passed; and with this See also:

FINANCIAL

financial achievement See also:

MATSUKATA, MARQUIS (1835- )

Matsukata be applied to the impression only on See also:

WAX

wax of the design of the matrix, but is often used both of the matrix and of the impression (see See also:

SEALS

SEALS). In See also:

MINERALOGY

mineralogy, the matrix is the mass in which a crystal See also:

MINERAL

mineral or fossil is embedded. In See also:

MATHEMATICS (Gr. /saBnµar1Kil, Sc. vOcvn or E7rlQTt'µn; from p iN.La, "learning" or "science ")

mathematics, the name " matrix " is used of an arrangement of See also:

numbers or symbols in a rectangular or square figure. (See ALGEBRAIC Foams.) In med. Latin matrix and the diminutive matricula had the meaning of a See also:

roll or See also:

REGISTER

register, particularly one containing the names of the members of an institution, as of the See also:

clergy belonging to a See also:

CATHEDRAL

cathedral, collegiate or other See also:

church, or of the members of a university. From this use is derived " matriculation," the See also:

ADMISSION

admission to membership of a university, also the name of the examination for such admission. Matricula was also the name of the contributions in men and See also:

MONEY

money made by the various states of the See also:

HOLY

Holy See also:

ROMAN

Roman See also:

EMPIRE

Empire, and in the See also:

MODERN

modern See also:

German Empire the contributions made by the federal states to the imperial finances are called Matrikularbeitrage, matricular contributions.

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