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tensor |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Tensor \Ten"sor\, n. [NL. See {Tension}.] 1. (Anat.) A muscle that stretches a part or renders it tense. 2. (Geom.) The ratio of one vector to another in length, no regard being had to the direction of the two vectors; -- so called because considered as a stretching factor in changing one vector into another. See {Versor}. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: tensor n 1: a generalization of the concept of a vector 2: any of several muscle that cause an attached structure to become tense or firm
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