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tensor

Spanish, noun/tenˈsoɾ/

tensor is spelled T-E-N-S-O-R (6 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written Spanish, the 66,744th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Tensor is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “tensor” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “en especial en los campos de la geometría diferencial y del álgebra multilineal un tensor es una función…”.

What does tensor mean in English?

adjective

  1. 1

    tensing; tensile

noun

  1. 1

    masculinetensor

Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Spanish dictionaries define it

noun: 1. en especial en los campos de la geometría diferencial y del álgebra multilineal un tensor es una función multilineal. Informalmente un tensor es un objeto geométrico que generaliza los conceptos de escalar, vector y operador lineal. 2. un tensor es lo que en matemáticas se conoce como campo tensorial, es decir una función que asocia a los puntos del espacio una función multilineal o tensor(1). Los tensores son de importancia en física e ingeniería por que pueden expresar las leyes de la naturaleza de manera independiente del sistema de coordenadas que se utilice.

adjective: 1. Que produce tensión.

The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.

Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.

Forms of tensor

  • tensora feminine
  • tensores masculine plural
  • tensoras feminine plural

Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce tensor?

  • /tenˈsoɾ/
  • [t̪ẽnˈsoɾ]

Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to tensor

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is tensor in Spanish?

tensor appears about once in every 3 million words in written Spanish.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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