matrix vs printing form

matrix

noun
  • In printmaking, the plate or block used, with ink, to hold the image that makes up the print. 

  • 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. 

  • 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. 

printing form

noun
  • An object, usually in the shape of a block or a plate, used in printing to apply ink on the printed surface. 

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