"pseudotensor" meaning in All languages combined

See pseudotensor on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-pseudotensor.wav [US] Forms: pseudotensors [plural]
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  1. (mathematics, physics) A quantity that transforms like a tensor under a proper rotation but gains an additional change of sign under an improper rotation. Derived forms: Einstein pseudotensor, Landau-Lifshitz pseudotensor

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