矩阵 (jǔ zhèn) — (mathematics) matrix; (computing) matrix; array

Definition

noun
(mathematics) matrix(computing) matrixarray
Measure word · 个

Examples

  • ，矩阵。
    Zài xiàn xìng dài shù zhōng, jǔ zhèn shì jī běn de yùn suàn duì xiàng.
    In linear algebra, the matrix is a basic object of operation.
  • 矩阵。
    Chéng xù yuán yòng jǔ zhèn lái cún chǔ tú xiàng shù jù.
    Programmers use matrices to store image data.
  • 矩阵矩阵。
    Zhè ge jǔ zhèn yǔ lìng yí gè jǔ zhèn xiāng chéng dé dào jié guǒ.
    This matrix multiplied by another matrix gives the result.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
偏正piānzhèngModifier + head

The first part narrows down the second: it says what kind of thing the head is.

矩jǔrule
阵zhènarray

矩 (rule) and 阵 (array) name a regular array.

Characters in this word

A drawing of the thing itself, worn down over three thousand years into a few strokes.

The shape of 矩 came from a picture of a man holding a carpenter's square.

Open 矩 →

Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 陣; 阵 is its simplified writing.

  • 東東dōngsack?
  • 東東dōng
  • 攴攴pū

In the traditional form 陣, a left-side part was added to a shortened 東; the older shape also used 攴. The simplified 阵 is a later shorthand.

Open 阵 →
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