What is the meaning of Tensor?

  • (n.) 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.
  • (n.) A muscle that stretches a part or renders it tense.
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