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Matrix
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matrix mátrix
English
Alternative forms
en matrix
Etymology
From the 1984 novel Neuromancer and popularized in the 1999 movie The Matrix. See en matrix for further etymology.
Proper noun
1
en science fiction A simulated reality to which many humans are connected. In some works created by sentient machines to subdue humans.
3 51 “The matrix has its roots in primitive arcade games,” said the voice-over, “in early graphics programs and military experimentation with cranial jacks.” “Cyberspace. A consensual hallucination experienced daily by billions of legitimate operators, in every nation, by children being taught mathematical concepts … A graphic representation of data abstracted from the banks of every computer in the human system. Unthinkable complexity. ”
en September 23 2009 possum Re: In which the Trollpa evinzes hizzelf aza profezzional nuizzance https://groups.google.com/d/msg/talk.religion.buddhism/t3BKIUV6PU4/XcTTlkdz55MJ 64c3fc87-b24c-4339-9e04-b4ecaa1497f7@a6g2000vbp.googlegroups.com talk.religion.buddhism Now some folks want to claim that we're in the Matrix right now (or that the physical world is an illusion).
2017, Chuck Lorre Productions #557 (post-episode text), "The Recollection Dissipation", The Big Bang Theory
Recent events have made it abundantly clear that the fabric of the universe is unraveling. Reality as you know it, the matrix if you will, is dissolving.
en figurative A social institution or apparatus perceived as largely deceptive or illusory.
en https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/jan/27/paraguay-german-speaking-covid-denialists-settlement-new-paradise German-speaking Covid denialists seek to build paradise in Paraguay 2022-01-27 William Costa The Guardian They claimed that Paraguay’s accommodating immigration laws have proved attractive to Germans who want to “escape the matrix” and flee the “deep state and one world order”.
Derived terms
en glitch in the Matrix
en terms derived from fiction
German
Etymology
de la mātrīx. de Matrize.
Pronunciation
de /maːtrɪks/
de De-Matrix.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>)
Noun
f,Matrizen:Matrizes:Matrices
de mathematics matrix
Declension
f,Matrizen:Matrizes:Matrices
Derived terms
de Matrixmultiplikation, de Matrixprodukt, de Matrizenmultiplikation, de Matrizenprodukt
Descendants
tr matriks 1
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