matriz

Borrowed from Latin mātrīx,mātrīcem (“dam; womb”), from māter (“mother”), from Proto-Indo-European *méh₂tēr (“mother”).

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ma.ˈtɾis/

matriz f (plural matrizes)

1. source; origin; mother
2. (mathematics) matrix (rectangular arrangement of numbers)
3. (computing) matrix (two-dimensional array)
4. head office
5. (anatomy) womb; uterus
6. mould (hollow form for shaping fluid)
7. engraved block of wood or medal used in printing
8. stencil (perforated sheet through which ink can be forced)
9. (cytology) extracellular matrix
10. a church which has other churches and chapels under its jurisdiction

• (source; origin): causa, fonte, manancial, origem, princípio
• (two-dimensional array): vetor bi-dimensional
• (head office): sede
• (womb): madre, útero
• (mould): molde
• (stencil): estêncil
• (extracellular matrix): matriz extracelular
• (church with other churches under its jurisdiction): igreja matriz

• (head office): filial

• matri-
• matricial
• matrizar
• matrizeiro

Borrowed from Latin mātrīcem, singular accusative of mātrīx, from māter (“mother”), from Proto-Indo-European *méh₂tēr, *mother.

• (Castilian) IPA^(key): [ma̠ˈtɾiθ]
• (Latin America) IPA^(key): [ma̠ˈtɾis]

matriz f (plural matrices)

1. (anatomy) uterus
2. (business) head office or store
3. (mathematics) matrix
4. (computing) matrix
5. (geology) matrix
6. origin, source
7. (tools) mold
8. (tools) nut

• (uterus): útero
• (head office): sede
• (computing): vector bidimensional
• (origin): fuente, origen
• (mold): molde
• (nut): tuerca

• matriz diagonal
• matriz identidad
• matriz inversa
• matriz transpuesta
• lengua matriz