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matrix

[may-triks, ma-] / ˈmeɪ trɪks, ˈmæ- /


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The extracellular matrix is a network of molecules surrounding cells that helps support and regulate their activity.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 18, 2026

Well, I mean, there are a lot of intersections of opportunities for Elon Musk, and I also think he discovered, to use a phrase of his, the anomaly in the matrix for the American system.

From Salon ● Oct. 16, 2026

One advancement that could especially help solar roofs is matrix shingling technology.

From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026

They proposed that several factors could help stabilize the structure, including small amounts of carbon and other elements, the rapid cooling of molten material created during an impact, and protection from the surrounding glassy matrix.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 3, 2026

Something nameless in the night, lode or matrix.

From "The Road" by Cormac McCarthy

Long before Urschel became an assistant professor at MIT studying matrices, spectral graph theory and other subjects that sound like gibberish to just about everybody, he was an overachieving kid attending Penn State.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026

Vermeer emerged from the doctrinal matrices of 17th-century Delft.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 26, 2026

The method was validated across multiple food matrices, showing strong performance.

From Science Daily ● May 22, 2026

"We proposed a generic algorithm for compressing large data sets or large matrices," said Saha.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 18, 2024

Proteins also form the structural components of the cell: filaments of hair, nails, cartilage, or the matrices that trap and tether cells.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee

As its brain ages, different centers solidify communication networks and build vast matrixes that give us complex ways of processing the world.

From Salon ● Feb. 8, 2023

Then the Andy Grove law of large organizations is that all organizations eventually become matrixes.

From The Verge ● Nov. 16, 2021

Old rules that left the decision to “officer judgment” have been replaced by sometimes complex matrixes requiring police to weigh the severity of the crime being committed before they decide whether to give chase.

From Washington Post ● Dec. 26, 2015

"Such a printer will be capable of creating matrixes on which one can grow human tissue, organs as well as print bone implants."

From Reuters ● Mar. 24, 2014

Blue Team had their databases and matrixes and methodologies for systematically understanding the intentions and capabilities of the enemy.

From "Blink" by Malcolm Gladwell


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