Main Entry:

ten·sor

Pronunciation:

\ˈten(t)-sər, ˈten-ˌsȯr\

Function:

noun

Etymology:

New Latin, from Latin tendere

Date:

circa 1704

1 : a muscle that stretches a part 2 : a generalized vector with more than three components each of which is a function of the coordinates of an arbitrary point in space of an appropriate number of dimensions