MATRIX  , a word of somewhat wide application, chiefly used in the sense of a See also:

• BED
• BED (a common Teutonic word, cf. German Bett, probably connected with the Indo-European root bhodh, seen in the Lat. fodere, to dig; so " a dug-out place " for safe resting, or in the same sense as a garden " bed ")

bed or enclosing See also:

• MASS (O.E. maesse; Fr. messe; Ger. Messe; Ital. messa; from eccl. Lat. missa)
• MASS, IN

mass in which something is shaped or formed (See also:

• LATE

Late See also:

• LAT

Lat. matrix, womb; in classical Latin matrix was only applied to an See also:

• ANIMAL
• ANIMAL (Lat. animalis, from anima, breath, soul)

animal kept for breeding) . Matrix is thus used of a See also:

• MOULD

mould of See also:

• METAL
• METAL (through Fr. from Lat. metallum, mine, quarry, adapted from Gr. µATaXAov, in the same sense, probably connected with ,ueraAAdv, to search after, explore, µeTa, after, aAAos, other)

metal or other substance in which a See also:

• DESIGN (Fr. desiin, drawing; Lat. designare, to mark out)

design or See also:

• PATTERN

pattern is made in See also:

• INTAGLIO (an Ital. word, from intagliare, to incise, cut into)

intaglio, and from which an impression in See also:

• RELIEF

relief is taken . In See also:

• DIE
• DIE (Fr. de, from Lat. datum, given)

die-sinking and coining, the matrix is the hardened See also:

• STEEL, FLORA ANNIE (1847– )

steel mould from which the die-punches are taken . The See also:

• TERM

term " See also:

• SEAL
• SEAL, FUR
• SEAL, HAIR

seal " should strictly See also:

• DIET

diet and passed; and with this See also:

• FINANCIAL

financial achievement See also:

• MATSUKATA, MARQUIS (1835- )

Matsukata be applied to the impression only on See also:

• WAX

wax of the design of the matrix, but is often used both of the matrix and of the impression (see See also:

• SEALS

SEALS) . In See also:

• MINERALOGY

mineralogy, the matrix is the mass in which a crystal See also:

• MINERAL

mineral or fossil is embedded . In See also:

• MATHEMATICS (Gr. /saBnµar1Kil, Sc. vOcvn or E7rlQTt'µn; from p iN.La, "learning" or "science ")

mathematics, the name " matrix " is used of an arrangement of See also:

• NUMBERS, BOOK OF
• NUMBERS, PARTITION OF

numbers or symbols in a rectangular or square figure . (See ALGEBRAIC Foams.) In med . Latin matrix and the diminutive matricula had the meaning of a See also:

• ROLL (O. Fr. rolle, roulle, mod. role, Lat. rotulus, dim. of rota, wheel)
• ROLL, ALFRED PHILIPPE (1846– )

roll or See also:

• REGISTER

register, particularly one containing the names of the members of an institution, as of the See also:

• CLERGY (M.E. clergie, O. Fr. clergie, from Low Lat. form clericia [Skean, by assimilation with O. Fr. clergie, Fr. clerge,from Low Lat. clericatus)
• CLERGY, BENEFIT OF

clergy belonging to a See also:

• CATHEDRAL

cathedral, collegiate or other See also:

• CHURCH
• CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
• CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
• CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
• CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
• CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)

church, or of the members of a university . From this use is derived " matriculation," the See also:

• ADMISSION

admission to membership of a university, also the name of the examination for such admission . Matricula was also the name of the contributions in men and See also:

• MONEY

money made by the various states of the See also:

• HOLY

Holy See also:

• ROMAN

Roman See also:

• EMPIRE

Empire, and in the See also:

• MODERN

modern See also:

• GERMAN
• GERMAN, DUTCH AND SCANDINAVIAN

German Empire the contributions made by the federal states to the imperial finances are called Matrikularbeitrage, matricular contributions .