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tensor (mathematics)

Sunday, January 05, 2014

6:01 PM

tensor (mathematics): a mathematical tool to describe a scalar (magnitude but no direction; zero-order tensor), a vector (magnitude and directionality; first-order tensor), and a second-order tensor which describes the interaction between vectors and directional operators.

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Created: 2014-01-05
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