Matrician
adj, noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 A female patrician; an upper class matriarch
"In the present state of society we need not go far to find many a man who would give all the waltzes and polkas that a matrician genius ever invented, and throw all the new-fangled flourishes upon piano and guitar into the bargain, for healthful breakfasts [...]"
- 2 A mathematician who studies matrices
"It is quite apparent why a matrician missed this generalization, because his creed is to build from low-order matrices high-order arrays."
- 3 A group or clan claiming matrilineal descent from a (usually legendary) female ancestor
"The society consists of a number of matricians which, as each is exogamous, are linked together by ties of kinship and marriage. This sort of society is very common throughout the islands off the mainland."
- 1 Upper class and matriarchal
"Forfend that her stern shade ever resent a comparison with such frail creatures ! She carries the historic ' prowde countenance of the Geraldines ' of her day. Aristocratic, matrician, and placid, though deeply traced with sorrow"
- 2 Pertaining to matrices not-comparable
"For the j-circle method a convenient and comprehensive book is that by Kuske where the interested reader will find all the detail but it is not presented with a matrician calculus."
Example
More examples"In the present state of society we need not go far to find many a man who would give all the waltzes and polkas that a matrician genius ever invented, and throw all the new-fangled flourishes upon piano and guitar into the bargain, for healthful breakfasts [...]"
Etymology
By analogy with patrician
From matrix + -ian.
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