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matrix

[may-triks, ma-] / ˈmeɪ trɪks, ˈmæ- /


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Freesuns is an early adopter of matrix shingling technology in building-integrated PV.

From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026

The extracellular matrix is the network of proteins and other molecules that surrounds cells and gives tissues their structure.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 6, 2026

Investigators gathered video from a matrix of security cameras that surround the busy intersection to support their contention that Rios’ actions amounted to murder with implied malice, according to law enforcement sources.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 17, 2026

Once inside the joint, therapeutic compounds are released through diffusion and gradual relaxation of the hydrogel matrix.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 31, 2026

A gorgeous set of yellow topaz crystals on a gray matrix.

From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr

Long before Urschel became an assistant professor at MIT studying matrices, spectral graph theory and other subjects that sound like gibberish to just about everybody, he was an overachieving kid attending Penn State.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026

Vermeer emerged from the doctrinal matrices of 17th-century Delft.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 26, 2026

Precision values stayed between 0.4 and 6.9% across all tested food matrices.

From Science Daily ● May 22, 2026

Training data sets and AI models are both composed of matrices, or grids of numbers that are used to store data.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 18, 2024

Proteins also form the structural components of the cell: filaments of hair, nails, cartilage, or the matrices that trap and tether cells.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee

As its brain ages, different centers solidify communication networks and build vast matrixes that give us complex ways of processing the world.

From Salon ● Feb. 8, 2023

Then the Andy Grove law of large organizations is that all organizations eventually become matrixes.

From The Verge ● Nov. 16, 2021

Old rules that left the decision to “officer judgment” have been replaced by sometimes complex matrixes requiring police to weigh the severity of the crime being committed before they decide whether to give chase.

From Washington Post ● Dec. 26, 2015

They have been able to simulate matrixes of 600 atoms, large enough for the computer to serve as an effective test tube.

From New York Times ● Jan. 9, 2014

They acted with utter confidence, because their Operational Net Assessment matrixes told them where Red Team’s vulnerabilities were, what Red Team’s next move was likely to be, and what Red Team’s range of options was.

From "Blink" by Malcolm Gladwell




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