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1.nounThe womb.
2.nounThe material or tissue in which more specialized structures are embedded.
3.nounAn extracellular matrix, the material or tissue between the cells of animals or plants.
4.nounPart of the mitochondrion.
5.nounThe medium in which bacteria are cultured.
6.nounA 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.
7.nounA two-dimensional array.
8.nounA grid-like arrangement of electronic components, especially one intended for information coding, decoding or storage.
9.nounA table of data.
10.nounA geological matrix.
11.noun(archaeology and paleontology) The sediment surrounding and including the artifacts, features, and other materials at a site.
12.nounThe environment from which a given sample is taken.
13.nounIn hot metal typesetting, a mold for casting a letter.
14.nounIn printmaking, the plate or block used, with ink, to hold the image that makes up the print.
15.nounThe cavity or mold in which anything is formed.
16.noun(dyeing) The five simple colours (black, white, blue, red, and yellow) from which all the others are formed.
17.nounA binding agent of composite materials, e.g. resin in fibreglass.