What is a tensor?
Source: tatoeba (11187093)
Tensor
//ˈtɛn.sə//
Synonyms for "tensor" (7 found)
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More general
5 entriescoordinate
2 entriesderived
6 entrieshas context
4 entriesis a
3 entriesrelated to
7 entriesTranslations
55 translations across 23 languages.
Arabic
2 entries- مُوتَر noun (function of several variables)
- مُوتَر noun (matrix of matrices)
Bulgarian
4 entries- тензор noun (image of a tuple under a tensor product map)
- тензор noun (function of several variables)
- тензор noun (matrix of matrices)
- флексор noun (muscle)
Chinese Cantonese
1 entries- 張量 /张量 noun (function of several variables)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 張肌 /张肌 noun (muscle)
- 張量 /张量 noun (function of several variables)
Czech
1 entries- tenzor noun (image of a tuple under a tensor product map)
Esperanto
1 entries- tensoro noun (image of a tuple under a tensor product map)
Finnish
4 entries- jännittäjälihas noun (muscle)
- tensori noun (image of a tuple under a tensor product map)
- tensori noun (function of several variables)
- tensori noun (matrix of matrices)
French
1 entries- tenseur noun (function of several variables)
German
3 entries- Tensor noun (image of a tuple under a tensor product map)
- Tensor noun (function of several variables)
- Tensor noun (matrix of matrices)
Greek
1 entries- τανυστής noun (matrix of matrices)
Hindi
1 entries- प्रदिश noun (image of a tuple under a tensor product map)
Icelandic
1 entries- þinur noun (image of a tuple under a tensor product map)
Ido
1 entries- tensoro noun (function of several variables)
Italian
4 entries- tensore noun (muscle)
- tensore noun (image of a tuple under a tensor product map)
- tensore noun (function of several variables)
- tensore noun (matrix of matrices)
Kazakh
2 entries- тензор noun (function of several variables)
- тензор noun (matrix of matrices)
Norwegian
3 entries- tensor noun (image of a tuple under a tensor product map)
- tensor noun (function of several variables)
- tensor noun (matrix of matrices)
Polish
4 entries- napinacz noun (muscle)
- tensor noun (image of a tuple under a tensor product map)
- tensor noun (function of several variables)
- tensor noun (matrix of matrices)
Romanian
1 entries- tensor noun (image of a tuple under a tensor product map)
Russian
2 entries- те́нзор noun (function of several variables)
- те́нзор noun (matrix of matrices)
Serbo-Croatian
3 entries- tenzor noun (image of a tuple under a tensor product map)
- tenzor noun (function of several variables)
- tenzor noun (matrix of matrices)
Swedish
3 entries- tensor noun (image of a tuple under a tensor product map)
- tensor noun (function of several variables)
- tensor noun (matrix of matrices)
Tagalog
4 entries- kalamnang pamatak noun (muscle)
- katuganhan noun (image of a tuple under a tensor product map)
- katuganhan noun (function of several variables)
- katuganhan noun (matrix of matrices)
Turkish
3 entries- tensör noun (image of a tuple under a tensor product map)
- tensör noun (function of several variables)
- tensör noun (matrix of matrices)
Sample sentences
3 total sentences available.
In a spacetime, the Riemann curvature tensor has 256 components, but fortunately they don't all have to be directly calculated thanks to some symmetries.
Source: tatoeba (13425499)
The tensor #92;alpha#95;#123;ij#125; should really be called a “tensor of second rank,” because it has two indexes. A vector—with one index—is a tensor of the first rank, and a scalar—with no index—is a tensor of zero rank.
Source: wiktionary
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