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Matrix vs Ecosystem - What's the difference?

matrix | ecosystem |

As nouns the difference between matrix and ecosystem

is that matrix is matrix while ecosystem is a system formed by an ecological community and its environment that functions as a unit.

matrix

English

Noun

(en-noun)
  • The womb.
  • * 1646 , Sir Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica , III.17:
    • upon conception the inward orifice of the matrix exactly closeth, so that it commonly admitteth nothing after [...].
  • * 1969 , Vladimir Nabokov, Ada or Ardor , Penguin 2011, p. 296:
    • 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 [...].
  • (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.

    • Synonyms

    * (mathematics) array, table * (table of data) array, grid, spreadsheet, table * (computing) array

    Derived terms

    * dot matrix * extracellular matrix * geological matrix * matricial

    ecosystem

    English

    (wikipedia ecosystem)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A system formed by an ecological community and its environment that functions as a unit.
  • * {{quote-magazine, date=2012-01
    • , author=Donald Worster , title=A Drier and Hotter Future , volume=100, issue=1, page=70 , magazine= citation , passage=Phoenix and Lubbock are both caught in severe drought, and it is going to get much worse. We may see many such [dust] storms in the decades ahead, along with species extinctions, radical disturbance of ecosystems , and intensified social conflict over land and water. Welcome to the Anthropocene, the epoch when humans have become a major geological and climatic force.}}
  • The interconnectedness of organisms (plants, animals, microbes) with each other and their environment.
  • (business, marketing) A set of interconnected products and services.