Meaning of matrician | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A female patrician; an upper class matriarch
2. A mathematician who studies matrices
3. A group or clan claiming matrilineal descent from a (usually legendary) female ancestor

Examples

“In the present⟳ state of society we need⟳ not go far to find⟳ many a man who would give⟳ all the waltzes and polkas that a matrician genius ever invented, and throw⟳ all the new-fangled flourishes upon piano and guitar into the bargain, for healthful breakfasts [...]”

“Instead, Bettina traces her lineage through "Foremother," whose oil portrait watches over the homestead; she is described as a "matrician" who "in life as in the portrait, . . . approved of nothing"”

“In essence, Wisdom's home serves as a multivalent symbol that illuminates her indispensable value as well as her noble status; it identifies Wisdom's fundamental role in the establishment of a household and depicts her as a wealthy matrician”

“The society consists of a number⟳ of matricians which, as each is exogamous, are linked together by ties of kinship and marriage. This sort⟳ of society is very common throughout the islands off the mainland.”

“However, the household was controlled by its senior women; because of the residence pattern, the men were unrelated outsiders who belonged to different matricians.”

“In order⟳ of rank, the matricians were the pig, dog, snake, and iguana clans.”

“It is quite apparent why a matrician missed this generalization, because his creed is to build⟳ from low-order matrices high-order arrays.”

“The study⟳ of the pencil is helpful not only to matricians for a more efficient calculation of the eigenvalues and eigenvectors, but also to control⟳ theorists for the analysis and design⟳ of their control⟳ systems.”

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