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censor | tensor |

As nouns the difference between censor and tensor

is that censor is (history) a roman magistrate, originally a census administrator, by classical times a high judge of public behavior and morality while tensor is tensor.

As a verb censor

is to review in order to remove objectionable content from correspondence or public media, either by legal criteria or with discretionary powers.

censor

English

Alternative forms

* censour (obsolete)

Noun

(en noun)
  • (history) A Roman magistrate, originally a census administrator, by Classical times a high judge of public behavior and morality
  • The Ancient censors were part of the ''cursus honorum , a series of public offices held during a political career, like consuls and praetors.
  • An official responsible for the removal of objectionable or sensitive content
  • The headmaster is an even stricter censor''' for his boarding pupils' correspondence than the enemy ' censors had been for his own when the country was occupied.
  • One who censures or condemns
  • (psychology) A hypothetical subconscious agency which filters unacceptable thought before it reaches the conscious
  • (acronym ) Censors Ensure No Secrets Over Radios
  • Synonyms

    * censurer

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To review in order to remove objectionable content from correspondence or public media, either by legal criteria or with discretionary powers
  • The man responsible for censoring films has seen some things in his time.
  • To remove objectionable content
  • ''Occupying powers typically censor anything reeking of resistance

    Synonyms

    * bowdlerize

    See also

    * decensor * expurgate

    Anagrams

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    tensor

    English

    (wikipedia tensor)

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Of or relating to tensors
  • Noun

    (en noun)
  • A muscle that stretches a part, or renders it tense.
  • (mathematics, physics) An image of a tuple under a tensor product map.
  • (mathematics, physics) A function of several variables
  • (mathematics, physics) A mathematical object consisting of a set of components with n'' indices each of which range from 1 to ''m'' where ''n'' is the rank and ''m is the dimension of the tensor.Rowland, Todd and Weisstein, Eric W., "Tensor", Wolfram MathWorld.
  • Hypernyms

    *

    Hyponyms

    * * *

    Derived terms

    * *

    References

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To compute the tensor product of two tensors.
  • Anagrams

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