Matrix vs Complex - What's the difference?
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* 1646 , Sir Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica , III.17:
* 1969 , Vladimir Nabokov, Ada or Ardor , Penguin 2011, p. 296:
(biology) The material or tissue in which more specialized structures are embedded.
(biology) An extracellular matrix, the material or tissue between the cells of animals or plants.
(biology) Part of the mitochondrion.
(biology) The medium in which bacteria are cultured.
(mathematics) A rectangular arrangement of numbers or terms having various uses such as transforming coordinates in geometry, solving systems of linear equations in linear algebra and representing graphs in graph theory.
(computing) A two-dimensional array.
A table of data.
(geology) A geological matrix, the outer material of a rock consisting of larger grains embedded in a material consisting of smaller ones.
(archaeology and paleontology) The sediment surrounding and including the artifacts, features, and other materials at a site.
(analytical chemistry) The environment from which a given sample is taken.
Made up of multiple parts; composite; not simple.
* John Locke
Not simple, easy, or straightforward; complicated.
* Whewell
(mathematics) Of a number, of the form a + bi'', where ''a'' and ''b'' are real numbers and ''i is a square root of −1.
(geometry) A curve, polygon or other figure that crosses or intersects itself.
A problem.
A collection of buildings with a common purpose, such as a university or military base.
Assemblage of related things; collection.
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A psychological dislike or fear of a particular thing.
An organized cluster of thunderstorms.
(chemistry) A structure consisting of a central atom or molecule weakly connected to surrounding atoms or molecules.
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, magazine=(American Scientist), title= (chemistry) To form a complex with another substance
As nouns the difference between matrix and complex
is that matrix is matrix while complex is a problem.As an adjective complex is
made up of multiple parts; composite; not simple.As a verb complex is
(chemistry|intransitive) to form a complex with another substance.matrix
English
Noun
(en-noun)- upon conception the inward orifice of the matrix exactly closeth, so that it commonly admitteth nothing after [...].
- In very rare cases, when the matrix just goes on pegging away automatically, the doctor can take advantage of that and ease out the second brat who then can be considered to be, say, three minutes younger [...].
Synonyms
* (mathematics) array, table * (table of data) array, grid, spreadsheet, table * (computing) arrayDerived terms
* dot matrix * extracellular matrix * geological matrix * matricialcomplex
English
(wikipedia complex)Adjective
(complex number) (en adjective)- a complex''' being; a '''complex idea
- Ideas thus made up of several simple ones put together, I call complex ; such as beauty, gratitude, a man, an army, the universe.
- When the actual motions of the heavens are calculated in the best possible way, the process is difficult and complex .
- complex function
Synonyms
* (not simple) complicated, detailed, difficult, hard, intricate, involved, toughAntonyms
* (not simple) basic, easy, simple, straightforwardDerived terms
* complexity * complexnessNoun
- This parable of the wedding supper comprehends in it the whole complex of all the blessings and privileges exhibited by the gospel.
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