different between cradle vs matrix

English

Etymology

From Middle English cradel, credel, from Old English cradol, from Proto-Germanic *kradulaz, from Proto-Germanic *kradô (“(wicker) basket”). Cognates with cart.

Pronunciation

• enPR: kr??d?l, IPA^(key): /?k?e?d?l/
• Rhymes: -e?d?l

Noun

cradle (plural cradles)

1. A bed or cot for a baby, oscillating on rockers or swinging on pivots.
   • 1782, William Cowper, Expostulation

     the cradle that received thee at thy birth
2. (figuratively) The place of origin, or in which anything is nurtured or protected in the earlier period of existence.

   a cradle of crime

   the cradle of liberty

3. (figuratively) Infancy, or very early life.

   from the cradle to the grave
4. An implement consisting of a broad scythe for cutting grain, with a set of long fingers parallel to the scythe, designed to receive the grain, and to lay it evenly in a swath.
5. A tool used in mezzotint engraving, which, by a rocking motion, raises burrs on the surface of the plate, so preparing the ground.
6. A framework of timbers, or iron bars, moving upon ways or rollers, used to support, lift, or carry ships or other vessels, heavy guns, etc., as up an inclined plane, or across a strip of land, or in launching a ship.
7. A case for a broken or dislocated limb.
8. A frame to keep the bedclothes from contact with the sensitive parts of an injured person.
9. (mining) A machine on rockers, used in washing out auriferous earth.
10. (mining) A suspended scaffold used in shafts.
11. (carpentry) A ribbing for vaulted ceilings and arches intended to be covered with plaster.

    (Can we find and add a quotation of Knight to this entry?)

12. (nautical) A basket or apparatus in which, when a line has been made fast to a wrecked ship from the shore, the people are brought off from the wreck.

    The cradle was ill-made. One victim fell into the sea and was lost and the ensuing delay cost three more lives.

13. A rest for the receiver of a telephone, or for certain computer hardware.

    He slammed the handset into the cradle.

14. (contact juggling) A hand position allowing a contact ball to be held steadily on the back of the hand.
15. A mechanical device for tilting and decanting a bottle of wine.

Synonyms

• (machine on rockers used in washing out auriferous earth): rocker
• (rest for receiver of a telephone): rest

Derived terms

Translations

See also

• crib

Verb

cradle (third-person singular simple present cradles, present participle cradling, simple past and past participle cradled)

1. (transitive) To contain in or as if in a cradle.
2. (transitive) To rock (a baby to sleep).
3. (transitive) To wrap protectively, to hold gently and protectively.

4. To lull or quieten, as if by rocking.
5. To nurse or train in infancy.
   • 1665, Joseph Glanvill, Scepsis Scientifica

     He that hath been cradled in majesty will not leave the throne to play with beggars.

6. (lacrosse) To rock the lacrosse stick back and forth in order to keep the ball in the head by means of centrifugal force.
7. To cut and lay (grain) with a cradle.
8. To transport a vessel by means of a cradle.
   • {1847, {w|Edward Henry Knight}}, American Mechanical Dictionary

     In Lombardy […] boats are cradled and transported over the grade.

9. To put ribs across the back of (a picture), to prevent the panels from warping.

Translations

Anagrams

• Calder, cardel, carled, clear'd, credal, reclad

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French matrice (“pregnant animal”), or from Latin m?tr?x (“dam, womb”), from m?ter (“mother”).

Pronunciation

• 1: enPR: m??tr?ks; IPA^(key): /?me?t??ks/
• 2: enPR: m??tr?ks; IPA^(key): /?mæt??ks/

Noun

matrix (plural matrices or matrixes)

1. (now rare) The womb.
   • 1646, Sir Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica, III.17:

     upon conception the inward orifice of the matrix exactly closeth, so that it commonly admitteth nothing after [...].

   • 1969, Vladimir Nabokov, Ada or Ardor, Penguin 2011, p. 296:

     In very rare cases, when the matrix just goes on pegging away automatically, the doctor can take advantage of that and ease out the second brat who then can be considered to be, say, three minutes younger [...].

2. (biology) The material or tissue in which more specialized structures are embedded.
3. (biology) An extracellular matrix, the material or tissue between the cells of animals or plants.
4. (biology) Part of the mitochondrion.
5. (biology) The medium in which bacteria are cultured.
6. (mathematics) A rectangular arrangement of numbers or terms having various uses such as transforming coordinates in geometry, solving systems of linear equations in linear algebra and representing graphs in graph theory.
   • 1987 [1985], Roger A. Horn, Charles R. Johnson, Matrix Analysis, Cambridge University Press, 1990, Paperback Edition, page 464,

     Theorem (7.5.2) then says that every positive semidefinite matrix is a convex combination of matrices that lie on extreme rays.

   • 2003, Robert A. Liebler, Basic Matrix Algebra with Algorithms and Applications, CRC Press (Chapman & Hall/CRC), page 64,

     Check that the ${\displaystyle {\mathcal {A}}({\mathcal {D}})^{2}}$ in the example is itself the adjacency matrix of the indicated digraph:

   • 2007, Gerhard Kloos, Matrix Methods for Optical Layout, SPIE Press, page 25,

     The matrix describing the reflection at a plane mirror can be obtained by taking the matrix for reflection at a spherical reflector and letting the radius of the spherical mirror tend to infinity.

7. (computing) A two-dimensional array.
8. (electronics) A grid-like arrangement of electronic components, especially one intended for information coding, decoding or storage.
9. A table of data.
10. (geology) A geological matrix.
11. (archaeology and paleontology) The sediment surrounding and including the artifacts, features, and other materials at a site.
12. (analytical chemistry) The environment from which a given sample is taken.
13. (printing, historical) In hot metal typesetting, a mold for casting a letter.
14. (printing, historical) In printmaking, the plate or block used, with ink, to hold the image that makes up the print.

    Synonym: printing form

15. The cavity or mold in which anything is formed.
16. (dyeing) The five simple colours (black, white, blue, red, and yellow) from which all the others are formed.
17. (material science) A binding agent of composite materials, e.g. resin in fibreglass.

Synonyms

• (mathematics): array, table
• (table of data): array, grid, spreadsheet, table
• (computing): array

Hyponyms

Derived terms

Related terms

Translations

Czech

Etymology

Latin matrix

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?matr?ks]

Noun

matrix m

1. (biology) matrix

Related terms

• See mater

Further reading

• matrix in Akademický slovník cizích slov, 1995, at prirucka.ujc.cas.cz

Danish

Noun

matrix

1. (mathematics) matrix

Declension

Dutch

Etymology

Ultimately from Latin m?tr?x. Cognate with matrijs. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ma?tr?ks/
• Hyphenation: ma?trix

Noun

matrix f (plural matrices or matrixen, diminutive matrixje n)

1. (mathematics) matrix (type of array)

Derived terms

• eenheidsmatrix
• identiteitsmatrix

Latin

Etymology

From m?ter (“mother”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?ma?.tri?ks/, [?mä?t??i?ks?]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?ma.triks/, [?m??t??iks]

Noun

m?tr?x f (genitive m?tr?cis); third declension

1. uterus, womb
2. dam (non-human female animal kept for breeding)
3. source, origin
4. list, register

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Derived terms

• m?tr?c?lis
• m?tr?cula

Related terms

see m?ter

Descendants

References

• matrix in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• matrix in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• matrix in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

Portuguese

Noun

matrix f (uncountable)

1. Matrix
   1. fictional machine system
   2. any illusory system