tensor : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: tensor	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for tensor
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
tensor n a generalization of the concept of a vector any of several muscles that cause an attached structure to become tense or firm
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Tensor \Ten"sor\, n. [NL. See {Tension}.] 1. (Anat.) A muscle that stretches a part, or renders it tense. 2. (Geom.) The ratio of one vector to another in length, no regard being had to the direction of the two vectors; -- so called because considered as a stretching factor in changing one vector into another. See {Versor}.