pseudotensor
pseudotensor noun: a quantity that transforms like a tensor under a proper rotation but gains an additional change of sign under an improper rotation.
Noun
pseudotensor (plural pseudotensors)
- A quantity that transforms like a tensor under a proper rotation but gains an additional change of sign under an improper rotation.
Forms of pseudotensor
| plural | pseudotensors |
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Origin of pseudotensor
From pseudo- + tensor.
Words formed from pseudotensor
- Einstein pseudotensor
- Landau-Lifshitz pseudotensor
Words that rhyme with pseudotensor
- spencer
- censor
- condenser
- tensor
- fencer
- censer
- hypertensor
- eigentensor
- extensor
- flenser
- senser
- sensor
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Questions about pseudotensor
- What does pseudotensor mean?
- Pseudotensor means a quantity that transforms like a tensor under a proper rotation but gains an additional change of sign under an improper rotation.
- What part of speech is pseudotensor?
- Pseudotensor is a noun.
- What is the plural of pseudotensor?
- The plural of pseudotensor is pseudotensors.
Words near pseudotensor in the dictionary
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