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plural tensors or (muscle) tensores
(anatomy) A muscle that tightens or stretches a part, or renders it tense. examples
(mathematics, linear algebra, physics) A mathematical object that describes linear relations on scalars, vectors, matrices and other algebraic objects, and is represented as a multidimensional array. quotations examples
The tensor α i j {\displaystyle \alpha _{ij}} should really be called a “tensor of second rank,” because it has two indexes. A vector—with one index—is a tensor of the first rank, and a scalar—with no index—is a tensor of zero rank.
1963, Richard Feynman, “Chapter 31, Tensors”, in The Feynman Lectures on Physics, volume II
(mathematics, obsolete) A norm operation on the quaternion algebra.
third-person singular simple present tensors, present participle tensoring, simple past and past participle tensored
To compute the tensor product of two tensors. examples