🇮🇹Italian Source WordCode: IT

matrice

Pronunciation / Transliteration: matrice

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Matrix/ˈmeɪ.trɪks/
nounCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #1450 frequency
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🇮🇹 Example Sentence in Italian:

"Il problema è stato risolto usando una matrice."

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As noun
  1. 1

    An environment or material in which something else develops; a surrounding medium or structure.

    "Free cells are embedded in a protein matrix."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the Latin 'matrix', meaning 'breeding female' or 'dam', originating from 'mater' (mother). Over time, the meaning evolved through Middle French into English to denote an environment or enclosed space in which something else originates, develops, or is contained, eventually expanding into mathematics, computing, and sociology.

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