| n. | 1. | |
| 1. | (Anat.) The womb. | |
| 2. | (Mech.) That which gives form or origin to anything | |
| 3. | (Biol.) The lifeless portion of tissue, either animal or vegetable, situated between the cells; the intercellular substance. | |
| 4. | (Math.) A rectangular arrangement of symbols in rows and columns. The symbols may express quantities or operations. |
| Noun | 1. | matrix - a rectangular array of elements (or entries) set out by rows and columns |
| 2. | matrix - an enclosure within which something originates or develops (from the Latin for womb) | |
| 3. | matrix - the body substance in which tissue cells are embedded Synonyms: ground substance, intercellular substance | |
| 4. | matrix - the formative tissue at the base of a nail | |
| 5. | matrix - mold used in the production of phonograph records, type, or other relief surface |
| Matrix - [FidoNet] 1. What the Opus BBS software and sysops call
FidoNet. 2. Fanciful term for a cyberspace expected to emerge from current networking experiments (see network, the). 3. The totality of present-day computer networks. |