The Only Use of
matrix
in
Ulysses by James Joyce
- …anesthesia or twilight sleep, the prolongation of labour pains in advanced gravidancy by reason of pressure on the vein, the premature relentment of the amniotic fluid (as exemplified in the actual case) with consequent peril of sepsis to the matrix, artificial insemination by means of syringes, involution of the womb consequent upon the menopause, the problem of the perpetration of the species in the case of females impregnated by delinquent rape, that distressing manner of delivery…†
Chpt 14
Definition:
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(matrix as in: arranged in a matrix) an arrangement of numbers or elements that from a rectangle of rows and columns