Meaning & use
matrix
An environment or set of surrounding conditions in which something originates, develops, or is contained.
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The company's culture provided the matrix in which new ideas could grow.
Social media has become the matrix through which many young people form opinions.
A note on using this word
In mathematics, matrix has a more specific, technical meaning: a rectangular array of numbers arranged in rows and columns.
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Another way to use it
2. noun
(Mathematics) A rectangular array of numbers, symbols, or expressions arranged in rows and columns.
Students learned how to multiply two matrices in their linear algebra class.
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