matrix sentence
noun
Linguistics. a sentence in which another sentence is embedded: In The man who called is waiting, The man is waiting is a matrix sentence.
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Nearby words
- matrix band,
- matrix bar code,
- matrix calculus,
- matrix mechanics,
- matrix printer,
- matrix unguis,
- matrixing,
- matro-,
- matroclinous,
- matrocliny
Origin of matrix sentence
First recorded in 1960–65
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