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tensor (medicine)


tensor


1. <anatomy> A muscle that stretches a part, or renders it tense.

2. <geometry> The ratio of one vector to another in length, no regard being had to the direction of the two vectors; so called because considered as a stretching factor in changing one vector into another. See Versor.

Origin: NL. See Tension.

Source: Websters Dictionary


sol(4) (iou)



sol noun3. obsolete exc. Hist. L16.
[Obsolete French (now sou) from Latin solidus: see SOU.]
A former coin and monetary unit in France and some Other countries, notionally equivalent to a twentieth of a livre but varying in actual value.