Definition of "tensor" in English

noun

1. (anatomy) A muscle that tightens or stretches a part, or renders it tense.

2. (mathematics, linear algebra, physics) A mathematical object that describes linear relations on scalars, vectors, matrices and other algebraic objects, and is represented as a multidimensional array.

3. (mathematics, obsolete) A norm operation on the quaternion algebra.

verb

1. To compute the tensor product of two tensors or algebraic structures.