laying waste
ruin
ruining
ruination
wrecking | destruction achieved by causing something to be wrecked or ruined |
waste
wastefulness dissipation | useless or profitless activity, using or expending or consuming thoughtlessly or carelessly, if the effort brings no compensating gain it is a waste, mindless dissipation of natural resources |
waste of effort
waste of energy | a useless effort |
| waste of material | a useless consumption of material |
| waste of money | money spent for inadequate return, the senator said that the project was a waste of money |
| waste of time | the devotion of time to a useless activity, the waste of time could prove fatal |
| matrix operation | a mathematical operation involving matrices |
| matrix addition | the addition of matrices |
| matrix multiplication | the multiplication of matrices |
| matrix inversion | determination of a matrix that when multiplied by the given matrix will yield a unit matrix |
| matrix transposition | the interchange of each row of a square matrix with the corresponding column |
| waste permissive waste | (law) reduction in the value of an estate caused by act or neglect |
| skeleton shrimp | small amphipod crustacean having a grotesque form suggestive of the praying mantis, found chiefly on seaweed |
| active matrix screen | a type of LCD screen used for some portable computers, there is a separate circuit for each pixel |
dot matrix printer
matrix printer
dot printer | a printer that represents each character as a pattern of dots from a dot matrix |
drain
drainpipe
waste pipe | a pipe through which liquid is carried away |
| matrix | mold used in the production of phonograph records, type, or other relief surface |
| passive matrix display | a type of LCD display used for some portable computers, parallel wires run both vertically and horizontally and pixels are turned on when the wires intersecting at that pixel are both energized, passive matrix displays are generally inferior to active matrix displays |
skeleton
skeletal frame
frame underframe | the internal supporting structure that gives an artifact its shape, the building has a steel skeleton |
| skeleton key | a passkey with much of the bit filed away so that it can open different locks |
wastepaper basket
waste-paper basket
wastebasket
waste basket
circular file | a container with an open top, for discarded paper and other rubbish |
wire matrix printer
wire printer
stylus printer | an impact printer in which each character is represented by a pattern of dots made by wires or styli |
thriftlessness
waste
wastefulness | the trait of wasting resources, a life characterized by thriftlessness and waste, the wastefulness of missed opportunities |
| matrix | the formative tissue at the base of a nail |
matrix intercellular substance
ground substance | the body substance in which tissue cells are embedded |
skeletal system
skeleton
frame
systema skeletale | the hard structure (bones and cartilages) that provides a frame for the body of an animal |
| appendicular skeleton | the part of the skeleton that includes the pectoral girdle and the pelvic girdle and the upper and lower limbs |
| axial skeleton | the part of the skeleton that includes the skull and spinal column and sternum and ribs |
eigenvalue
eigenvalue of a matrix
eigenvalue of a square matrix
characteristic root of a square matrix | (mathematics) any number such that a given square matrix minus that number times the identity matrix has a zero determinant |
| matrix algebra | the part of algebra that deals with the theory of matrices |
| correlation matrix | a matrix giving the correlations between all pairs of data sets |
skeleton
skeleton in the closet
skeleton in the cupboard | a scandal that is kept secret, there must be a skeleton somewhere in that family's closet |
| matrix | (mathematics) a rectangular array of quantities or expressions set out by rows and columns, treated as a single element and manipulated according to rules |
| dot matrix | a rectangular matrix of dots from which written characters can be formed |
| square matrix | a matrix with the same number of rows and columns |
| diagonal matrix | a square matrix with all elements not on the main diagonal equal to zero |
| scalar matrix | a diagonal matrix in which all of the diagonal elements are equal |
identity matrix
unit matrix | a scalar matrix in which all of the diagonal elements are unity |
| nonsingular matrix | a square matrix whose determinant is not zero |
| real matrix | a matrix whose elements are all real numbers |
| singular matrix | a square matrix whose determinant is zero |
barren
waste
wasteland | an uninhabited wilderness that is worthless for cultivation, the barrens of central Africa, the trackless wastes of the desert |
dump
garbage dump
trash dump
rubbish dump
wasteyard
waste-yard
dumpsite | a piece of land where waste materials are dumped |
toxic waste dump
toxic waste site
toxic dumpsite | a location where toxic wastes can be or have been disposed of (often illegally) |
toxic site
toxic waste area
Superfund site | a site where toxic wastes have been dumped and the Environmental Protection Agency has designated them to be cleaned up |
| matrix | an enclosure within which something originates or develops (from the Latin for womb) |
skeleton fork fern
Psilotum nudum | pantropical epiphytic or terrestrial whisk fern with usually dull yellow branches and minute leaves, America, Japan, Australia |
| skeleton | something reduced to its minimal form, the battalion was a mere skeleton of its former self, the bare skeleton of a novel |
body waste
excretion
excreta
excrement
excretory product | waste matter (as urine or sweat but especially feces) discharged from the body |
| human waste | the body wastes of human beings |