English
pseudotensorpseudotensor
From pseudo- + tensor.
A compound of pseudo- + tensor
Ancient Greek ψεύδω ‘to lie’
Ancient Greek ψευδής ‘false, lying’
English pseudo-
Proto-Indo-European *téndeti
Proto-Italic *tendō ‘to stretch’
Latin tendō ‘stretch, distend, extend’
New Latin tensor ‘that which stretches’
English tensor
Today it means
noun A quantity that transforms like a tensor under a proper rotation but gains an additional change of sign under an improper rotation.
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Etymograph / pseudotensor
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