An Etymological Dictionary of Astronomy and Astrophysics

A tensor that is the negative of its → transpose. For example, a second-order covariant tensor A_jk if its components satisfy the equality: A_jk = - A_kj.
Also called antisymmetric tensor.

Etymology (EN): → skew; → symmetric; → tensor.

Etymology (PE): Tânsor, → tensor; pâd-, → anti-; hamâmun, → symmetric.