матриця

Ukrainian

Etymology

Borrowed from German Matrize, from French matrice, from Latin mātrīx.[1] Compare Russian ма́трица (mátrica), Belarusian ма́трыца (mátryca), Polish matryca.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈmatret͡sʲɐ]
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Noun

ма́триця • (mátrycja) f inan (genitive ма́триці, nominative plural ма́триці, genitive plural ма́триць, relational adjective ма́тричний)

  1. matrix (the cavity or mold in which anything is formed)
  2. (printing, historical) matrix (in hot metal typesetting, a mold for casting a letter)
  3. (mathematics) matrix (a rectangular arrangement of numbers or terms)
  4. (figuratively) matrix (the metaphorical place where something is made, formed, or given birth)

Declension

Derived terms

  • матрицюва́ти impf (matrycjuváty)

References

  1. Melnychuk, O. S., editor (1989), “матриця”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), volumes 3 (Кора – М), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, →ISBN, page 417

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