English Explanatory Dictionary

pseudotensor

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A quantity that transforms like a tensor under a proper rotation but gains an additional change of sign under an improper rotation.

Pronunciation

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-pseudotensor.wav

Word forms

pseudotensor pseudotensors

Etymology

From pseudo- + tensor.

Derived words

Einstein pseudotensor Landau-Lifshitz pseudotensor
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