The meaning of Matrix

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The cultural, social, or political environment in which something develops.

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Oxbridge was the matrix of the ideology

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A mass of fine-grained rock in which gems, crystals, or fossils are embedded.

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Nodules of secondary limestone set in a matrix of porous dolomite

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A mould in which something, such as a record or printing type, is cast or shaped.

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Her two duets with isobel baillie were never issued and the matrices were destroyed

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A rectangular array of quantities or expressions in rows and columns that is treated as a single entity and manipulated according to particular rules.

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This formula applies for all square matrices

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An organizational structure in which two or more lines of command, responsibility, or communication may run through the same individual.

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Matrix structures are said to foster greater flexibility

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A group of numbers or other symbols arranged in a rectangle that can be used to solve particular mathematical problems

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A group of numbers or other things arranged in a rectangle that can be used to solve a problem or measure something

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The bottom row of the matrix indicates typical lead times for starting activities in order to compl…