The material or tissue in which more specialized structures are embedded.
A geological matrix.
The medium in which bacteria are cultured.
A grid-like arrangement of electronic components, especially one intended for information coding, decoding or storage.
In printmaking, the plate or block used, with ink, to hold the image that makes up the print.
The five simple colours (black, white, blue, red, and yellow) from which all the others are formed.
The cavity or mold in which anything is formed.
A two-dimensional array.
The sediment surrounding and including the artifacts, features, and other materials at a site.
Part of the mitochondrion.
a term describing a controlled environment or situation in which people act or behave in ways that conform to roles pre-determined by a powerful person(s) who decides how the world is supposed to function (as if the world is but virtual reality and people but brains in a vat).
The environment from which a given sample is taken.
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.
In hot metal typesetting, a mold for casting a letter.
A table of data.
A binding agent of composite materials, e.g. resin in fibreglass.
An extracellular matrix, the material or tissue between the cells of animals or plants.
An anatomical part resembling or including a network.
A rotating cutaway plate or overlay on an astrolabe or starmap which represents the horizon; used to locate stars and other astronomical features.
A network of blood vessels or nerves.