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tensorial

tensorial

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Relating to a mathematical tool that shows how a quantity changes with direction
  • adjective
  • /tɛnˈsɔriəl/
  • Specialized
: tensorial
  • She studied tensorial relationships to understand the curvature of space-time in her physics class.

Examples

  • The tensorial structure in (6) is the same as in Einsteinian gravity.

    Academic text (2018)

  • In physics, the tensorial properties of the materials determine how they deform under stress.

  • And this is useful because the tensorial rank is just like an angular momentum.

  • So we exclude the scholars chemical reactions, we exclude the tensorial fluxes.

  • Here we omitted gauge-dependent terms and the tensorial indices on the propagator. The usual projectors are defined in 52, 53, 56.

    Academic text (2018)

  • The tensorial equations were crucial for solving complex problems in fluid dynamics.

Surface Forms

tensorial positive

Morphology

tensorial = tensor (transparent) = tensor + ial

The adjective is a regular adjectival formation from the noun 'tensor' meaning 'relating to a tensor', so knowing 'tensor' gives the meaning directly.

Etymology

The word tensorial comes from tensor, which goes back to the Latin root tendere meaning 'to stretch', and is the same root as tension and tensile. So tensorial describes things that relate to tensors in math or physics — objects that show how materials or forces stretch or change in different directions.