TENSOR

n.

2 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
n.

A muscle that stretches a part, or renders it tense.

2.
n.

The ratio of one vector to another in length, no regard being had to the direction of the two vectors; -- so called because considered as a stretching factor in changing one vector into another. See Versor.


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