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nontensorial

nontensorial adjective: not tensorial.

Adjective

nontensorial (not comparable)

  1. Not tensorial.
    • A recent suggestion that vector potentials in electrodynamics (ED) are nontensorial objects under 4D frame rotations is found to be both unnecessary and confusing.2015, C. W. Wong, “Vector potentials in gauge theories in flat spacetime”, in arXiv

Origin of nontensorial

From non- + tensorial.

Questions about nontensorial

What does nontensorial mean?
Nontensorial means not tensorial.
What part of speech is nontensorial?
Nontensorial is an adjective.

Words near nontensorial in the dictionary

  1. nontendering
  2. nontenders
  3. nontennis
  4. nontensile
  5. nontensioned
  6. nontensorial
  7. nontent
  8. nontenure
  9. nontenured
  10. nontenurial
  11. nonteratogenic

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