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a term describing a controlled environment or situation in which people act or behave in ways that conform to roles pre-determined by a powerful person(s) who decides how the world is supposed to function.

Living on or within a matrix may also be referred to as "on the grid", with greater flexibility and choice available to those who venture off-the-grid.
After years of living a boring life, working 9-to-5 on the East Coast matrix, he relocated to Portland, Oregon, where he traded his car for a bicycle and started earning a living with his acoustic guitar.
matrix by D.S. Credito March 12, 2015
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computer-generated dream world built to keep us under control in order to change a human being into a battery.
NO ONE CAN BE TOLD WHAT THE MATRIX IS, YOU HAVE TO SEE IT FOR YOURSELF. k.
matrix by ^___^ December 2, 2003
Verb:To dodge something w/ superhuman ability.
"Dude, he threw that ball at me and i like matrixed it."
matrix by Matry McMatrix November 29, 2003
(in sci-fi & the hypothetical Kardashev scale science theory)...

A simulated dimension powered by advanced technology, such as a super-computer. (Also known as a 'metaverse').
e.g: 'Many alien god theorists say that the gods were physical humanoid extraterrestrials who were so technologically advanced that they scientifically created their own matrix and moved into it where they became conscious divine holograms, but most mortals confused their matrix as a magical realm, because they didn't understand how its state of being was scientifically possible.'

(Notes: A matrix could be inside a device / computer (ie. a contained matrix) or a merged dimension outside of one (ie. an uncontained matrix). An uncontained matrix would be powered by all the stars, through advanced technology.

Please read my definition of a merged dimension and research The Kardashev Scale Theory for more information).
Matrix by Diana_Lucius_De_Collis November 29, 2022
a massive computer program used in a movie of the same title, serving the purpose of controlling the human race, ironically not that far from the truth...
"Hey, you think we're in a matrix?"
"Shut up! The highway scene's almost on again! SHHHH!"
matrix by Orion January 15, 2004
A rectangular array of numbers or expressions. The plural is 'matrices'. An n x m matrix has n rows and m columns.
Find the determinant of this matrix.
matrix by moley November 7, 2003
1. To spend a significant portion of a day or even a week watching without pause back to back episodes from multiple seasons of a single television series, replacing the experience of one's own reality and resulting in lingering effects on one's consciousness, once the final episode has been watched. 2. To re-set one's own immediate depressive state by immersing oneself in a mediated one (television, film, online social forum, amusement park, etc.) for an extended, but ultimately temporary, period of time.
Jan was in such a funk that she withdrew into her dorm room with a Costco carton of microwaveable popcorn to matrix on the complete seven seasons of Wire in the Blood, emerging three days later with a slight British accent and a less slight case of paranoia.
matrix by Rugbyfitty May 26, 2011
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briefcake 

"Did you check out the briefcake in courtroom C?"
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Along with Nixon’s other ratfuckers, Roger Stone caused fights at otherwise peaceful Democratic Party protests to generate a false narrative that the Democrats were violent and dangerous.
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That ol' gal of mine drives the 12 lane freeway during the week and a John Deere on the weekends. She likes opra and the Grand Ol' Opry. I love them countrypolitan women.
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A bath consisting of a variety of slats, oils, soaps or any other added ingredients such as fruits, milks, herbs or any other spices for health or beautifying benifits.
She brought home alot of stuff and took it to the bathroom. She must be taking a witch bath.
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