tensor

tensor
tensorial /ten sawr"ee euhl, -sohr"-/, adj.
/ten"seuhr, -sawr/, n.
1. Anat. a muscle that stretches or tightens some part of the body.
2. Math. a mathematical entity with components that change in a particular way in a transformation from one coordinate system to another.
[1695-1705; < NL: stretcher, equiv. to L tend(ere) to stretch (see TEND1) + -tor -TOR, with dt > s]

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