What is the meaning of Tensor?

A muscle that tightens or stretches a part, or renders it tense.

A mathematical object that describes linear relations on scalars, vectors, matrices and other algebraic objects, and is represented as a multidimensional array.

A norm operation on the quaternion algebra.

To compute the tensor product of two tensors or algebraic structures.

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that which stretches

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tensing; tensile

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tensing; tensile

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tensor; a function which is linear in all variables

Source: wiktionary.org