Matrix
See also: matrix and mátrix
English
Alternative forms
- matrix
Etymology
From the 1984 novel Neuromancer and popularized in the 1999 movie The Matrix.
Proper noun
Matrix
- (science fiction) A simulated reality to which many humans are connected. In some works created by sentient machines to subdue humans.
- 1984, William Gibson, chapter 3, in Neuromancer (Sprawl; book 1), New York, N.Y.: Ace Books, →ISBN, page 51:
- “The matrix has its roots in primitive arcade games,” said the voice-over, “in early graphics programs and military experimentation with cranial jacks.” […] “Cyberspace. A consensual hallucination experienced daily by billions of legitimate operators, in every nation, by children being taught mathematical concepts … A graphic representation of data abstracted from the banks of every computer in the human system. Unthinkable complexity. […] ”
- 2009 September 23, possum, “Re: In which the Trollpa evinzes hizzelf aza profezzional nuizzance”, in talk.religion.buddhism, Usenet, message-ID <64c3fc87-b24c-4339-9e04-b4ecaa1497f7@a6g2000vbp.googlegroups.com>:
- Now some folks want to claim that we're in the Matrix right now (or that the physical world is an illusion).
- 2017, Chuck Lorre Productions #557 (post-episode text), "The Recollection Dissipation", The Big Bang Theory
- Recent events have made it abundantly clear that the fabric of the universe is unraveling. Reality as you know it, the matrix if you will, is dissolving.
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- (figurative) A social institution or apparatus perceived as largely deceptive or illusory.
- 2022 January 27, William Costa, “German-speaking Covid denialists seek to build paradise in Paraguay”, in The Guardian:
- They claimed that Paraguay’s accommodating immigration laws have proved attractive to Germans who want to “escape the matrix” and flee the “deep state and one world order”.
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German
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin mātrīx. Doublet of Matrize.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /maːtrɪks/
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Noun
Matrix f (genitive Matrix, plural Matrizen or Matrizes or Matrices)
- (mathematics) matrix
Declension
Declension of Matrix [feminine]
singular | plural | ||||
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indef. | def. | noun | def. | noun | |
nominative | eine | die | Matrix | die | Matrizen, Matrizes, Matrices |
genitive | einer | der | Matrix | der | Matrizen, Matrizes, Matrices |
dative | einer | der | Matrix | den | Matrizen, Matrizes, Matrices |
accusative | eine | die | Matrix | die | Matrizen, Matrizes, Matrices |
Derived terms
- Matrixmultiplikation, Matrixprodukt, Matrizenmultiplikation, Matrizenprodukt
Descendants
- → Turkish: matriks
Further reading
- “Matrix” in Duden online