Examples
“This is the crucial point: the MBH98 reconstruction has to use the S1 and V1 matrices from the short observed period SVD not the S_full and V_full of the full period SVD.”
“M-theory appears to have the property that what we perceive as position and time, that is, the coordinates of a string or a brane, are really mathematical arrays known as matrices.”
“Included in the exhibition are three monumental woodblocks (called matrices), measuring”
“Mechanical quantities, such as position, velocity, etc. should be represented, not by ordinary numbers, but by abstract mathematical structures called "matrices" and he formulated his new theory in terms of matrix equations.”
“The Tariff Commission Report and minutes of evidence (AJHR H. 2, 1895) includes some very useful detail on what was imported (such as matrices of advertising matter, printing blocks and printed sheets of letterheads and invoices) and its relationship with the manufacturing capabilities of the New Zealand industry.”
Book & Print in New Zealand: A Guide to Print Culture in New Zealand
“A '' 'matrix' '' (pl.: "matrices," [[Latin]] origin) is a complex ordering, in deliberate fashion, of [[numeral | numerals]]”
“Given the good condition of the lead 'matrices', one must conclude that an attempt to cast type in them has never been made.”
“Enschedé en Zonen in Haarlem of which the height of the face measures 16 mm and for which there are 'matrices' in brass and lead, and relief 'punches', also of brass.”
“You can plot 2D graphs and you can work with matrices, do complex integrals, calculate very large factorials, and that's the most simple stuff. try matrices: or differential equations:”
First Look At Wolfram Alpha’s Impressive Knowledge Computation | Lifehacker Australia
“Law schools publish matrices of admissions percentages at various GPA/LSAT levels, and most of them have fairly hard cutoffs in which minor differentials matter quite a bit.”
The Volokh Conspiracy » Do Law Schools Seek “Exciting” and “Diverse” Students?
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘matrices’.
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The Universal Calculator
Obviates the need for other devices or calculations--it will have a button for everything, and it will solve everything.
qwerty keyboard, shift key, control, home, end, pause, log, sin, space, enter, plus, numb and 241 more...
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E pluribus
Interesting Plurals
cherubim, seraphim, culs-de-sac, adjutants-general, aides-de-camp, passersby, courts-martial, commanders-in-chief, fleurs-de-lis, knickerbockers glory, heirs apparent, billets doux and 97 more...
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Mathaphors √
Concepts o' dem numblurs; polysemy mathematicalia.
integer, factor, ∮, geometric, exponential, equation, aboutequals, variable, obtuse, triangle, angle, circle and 92 more...
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word set8
dolmen, cairn, penetralia, dovetailed, draftsmanship, gestalt, dingbat, tenebrosity, squash racquets, dogleg, prurience, deflowering and 68 more...
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mathematical delights
zero, cartesian, ellipse, binomial, parabola, algebraic, quadrilateral, circumference, pi, modulus, indices, matrices and 39 more...
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C8
These words are FUN.
broseidon, bromance, loquaciousness, unfetter, tsundere, dorsal, circuitry, miscreant, quagmire, viscosity, lambdadelta, curvature and 23 more...
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Nifty Math Words
A list of nifty or "cool" math words
parabola, isosceles, matrix, oblique, reciprocal, algorithm, asymptote, ellipsis, hypercube, infinitesimul, isometry, jerk and 8 more...
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hanabiheidi's Words
conspicuous, errata, vaguely, indeed, spork, cleave, ah, applicable, subtlety, alleged, rapscallion, sinecure and 64 more...
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Triangulation
Sometimes I wish there were a way to create matrices or charts here, but I'm going to see whether I can use a list to get to the same place. This will be an attempt to map out an iroquoisy sequence...
a set of charting..., Thomas Jefferson'..., my wiry hair, homemade headband, wire, barbed wire, economies of scale, diseconomies of s..., communication cha..., 0, 1, 3, 6, 10, 1..., triangular number, map and 47 more...
Tweets
Looking for tweets for matrices.
bilby ... is an abomination, until somebody forks over the dagnabbit plural. Jun 16, 2009
plethora WeetBix are an abomination. Jun 16, 2009
fbharjo what a fine web of webs this is. or should it be webx of webces Jun 16, 2009
bilby I'll need to know the plural of WeetBix before breakfast time. Thank you. Jun 16, 2009
qroqqa Asteriges (based on the actual genitive of Vercingetorix): the stem ends in the Gaulish element -rig- "ruler". Jun 15, 2009
Prolagus Ha ha! Jun 15, 2009
rolig So what would be the plural of asterix? Jun 15, 2009
qroqqa That's right: the -trix in all these is the female agent ending (feminine of -tor), so they all go the same.
I should add that the traditional English pronunciation would be /-'traɪsiːz/ with shift of stress to the long vowel, but the most common one, matrices, is now firmly established with stress the same as the singular, so that might be preferable for all the others too. Jun 15, 2009
pterodactyl What's the correct way to pluralize "dominatrix"? My college friends and I used "dominatrices", but that may have just been wishful thinking.
And what about "aviatrix"? Jun 15, 2009
madmouth Not as Slavishly Pluralized as They Look Jun 15, 2009
charlesferdinand Forming Hendrices from Hendrix, now that would be a slavish pluralisation. Jun 15, 2009
qroqqa Latin matrix has a stem ending in /i:k/ and regularly forms its nominative by adding /s/. So also the mathematical term 'directrix' ~ 'directrices', as well as rare female agent nouns such as 'executrix'.
Vertex (doublet of vortex in Latin) owes its stem vowel to the fact that in Old Latin unstressed short vowels before a single consonant became /i/, thus plural /wertike:s/; but before two consonants, /e/, thus /werteks/. So also 'apex' ~ 'apices'. This alternation didn't apply to the long /i:/ of /ma:tri:k-s/ ~ /ma:tri:k-e:s/. Jun 15, 2009
sionnach I'm not sure why you consider this an example of slavish pluralization.
'matrix' is a third declension Latin noun, with the following case forms:
*** Singular Plural
nom. m�?trix m�?trīcēs
gen. m�?trīcis m�?trīcum
dat. m�?trīcī m�?trīcibus
acc. m�?trīcem m�?trīcēs
abl. m�?trīce m�?trīcibus
voc. m�?trix m�?trīcēs
Thus, 'matrices' is the correct plural form.
Similarly, 'vertices' is the correct plural form of 'vertex', because vertex is also a third declension noun. The difference in vowels in the singular ending is immaterial, and not - as you suggest - 'crucial'. Jun 15, 2009
madmouth part of the slavish pluralization phenomenon. I presume the math world got 'matrices' from 'vertices', though the two have crucially different singular endings. Jun 15, 2009