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bitensor

bitensor noun: a tensorial function of pairs of points.

Noun

bitensor (plural bitensors)

  1. A tensorial function of pairs of points.
    • This requires a careful analysis of how changes of the spin supplementary condition are related to shifts of the body's representative worldline and transformations of the body's multipole moments, and we employ bitensor calculus for a precise framing of this analysis.2016, Justin Vines, Daniela Kunst, Jan Steinhoff, Tanja Hinderer, “Canonical Hamiltonian for an extended test body in curved spacetime: To quadratic order in spin”, in arXiv

Forms of bitensor

pluralbitensors

Origin of bitensor

From bi- + tensor.

Questions about bitensor

What does bitensor mean?
Bitensor means a tensorial function of pairs of points.
What part of speech is bitensor?
Bitensor is a noun.
What is the plural of bitensor?
The plural of bitensor is bitensors.

Words near bitensor in the dictionary

  1. biteless
  2. bitelomeric
  3. bitemark
  4. bitemarks
  5. bitemporal
  6. bitensor
  7. bitensors
  8. bitentaculate
  9. bitentaculated
  10. biteplate
  11. biteplates

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