tensor

ten·sor | \ ˈten(t)-sər

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Definition of tensor

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

Examples of tensor in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web The new study used a special type of MRI, called diffusion tensor imaging, to examine the brains of 47 brain healthy children (27 girls and 20 boys) who had not yet started kindergarten. — Sandee Lamotte, CNN, "MRIs show screen time linked to lower brain development in preschoolers," 4 Nov. 2019 The children in the Cincinnati study completed standard cognitive tests and a special test called diffusion tensor MRI, which estimates white matter integrity in the brain. — Anne Saker, Cincinnati.com, "Too much screen time changes children's brains, study from Cincinnati Children's finds," 4 Nov. 2019 Those nodes are the tensors, and entanglement links them together. — Jennifer Ouellette, Quanta Magazine, "How Quantum Pairs Stitch Space-Time," 28 Apr. 2015 Likewise, any valid coloring for the hobby graph will carry over to the tensor product. — Quanta Magazine, "A 53-Year-Old Network Coloring Conjecture Is Disproved," 17 June 2019 These graphics cards look like beasts, infused with dedicated tensor and RT cores to accelerate real-time ray tracing, the Holy Grail of gaming graphics, and enough visual firepower to feed 4K G-Sync HDR displays, the Holy Grail of gaming monitors. — Brad Chacos, PCWorld, "Nvidia's GeForce RTX 2080 and RTX 2080 Ti are loaded with boundary-pushing graphics tech," 20 Aug. 2018 Google also offers a similar chip called a tensor processing unit, while companies like Qualcomm make AI chips built into devices. — Dan Strumpf, WSJ, "China’s Huawei Seeks to Chip Away at Silicon Valley’s AI Supremacy," 10 Oct. 2018 Then there is TeVeS (tensor-vector-scalar), MOND’s relativistic cousin. — Katia Moskvitch, WIRED, "Troubled Times for Alternatives to Einstein’s Theory of Gravity," 6 May 2018 Each participant’s white matter microstructure was measured using non-invasive, diffusion tensor magnetic resonance imaging at the beginning and end of six months of dance classes. — Monte Whaley, The Denver Post, "Dancing with a little do si do may help fend off aging in the brain, Colorado State University researcher finds," 29 Mar. 2017

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“Tensor.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tensor. Accessed 18 Feb. 2020.

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