Phrase Hound found 10 phrases and 9 compound words that contain tensor. The most common are listed below. Open tensor in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 10
- tensor productThe most general bilinear operation in various contexts (as with vectors, matrices, tensors, vector spaces, algebras, topological vector spaces, modules, and so on), denoted by ⊗.
- tensor tympaniA small muscle of the middle ear that is located in the bony canal just above the bony part of the Eustachian tube, that arises from the canal containing it, from the cartilaginous portion of the Eustachian tube, and from the adjacent …
- tensor veli palatiniA ribbonlike muscle of the palate that arises from the scaphoid fossa, from the spine of the sphenoid bone, and from the lateral cartilaginous wall of the Eustachian tube, that is attached by a tendon which hooks around the pterygoid plate …
- metric tensora symmetric bilinear form which is non-degenerate (i.e., having all non-zero eigenvalues); a differential of distance on a manifold
- Weyl tensorA measure of the curvature of spacetime (or, more generally, a pseudo-Riemannian manifold), differing from the Riemann tensor in that it does not convey information on how the volume of the body changes, but only how its shape is distorted …
- tensor productsplural of tensor product: The most general bilinear operation in various contexts (as with vectors, matrices, tensors, vector spaces, algebras, topological vector spaces, modules, and so on), denoted by ⊗.
- zero tensorA tensor with all entries equal to zero; where any pattern of covariant and contravariant indices have all components equal to 0.
- Faraday tensorA second rank, four dimensional, antisymmetric tensor which may be expressed as a four-by-four array containing the components of the electric field and the magnetic field.
- tensor fasciae lataeA muscle that arises especially from the anterior part of the iliac crest and from the anterior superior iliac spine, is inserted into the iliotibial band of the fascia lata about one third of the way down the thigh, and acts to flex and …
- tonic tensor tympani syndromeA disease of the tensor tympani muscle, leading to chronic ear pain.
Compound words 9
- bitensorA tensorial function of pairs of points.
- hypertensorAn agent that tends to cause hypertension; a vasopressor.
- duotensorA form of tensor in which each position is associated with two possible bases
- eigentensorAny tensor whose value is based on an eigenfunction
- subtensorA constituent part of a tensor
- supertensorA hypertensor.
- tensorialof or pertaining to a tensor
- multitensorAn extension of a lax monoidal structure.
- pseudotensorA quantity that transforms like a tensor under a proper rotation but gains an additional change of sign under an improper rotation.