noun
metric tensor
Technical term in differential geometry and general relativity; defines distances and angles in curved spacetime.
一般相対性理論では、計量テンソルが重力場を記述する。
In general relativity, the metric tensor describes the gravitational field.
Compound of 計量 (けいりょう, 'measurement') and テンソル ('tensor'), a direct translation of the English term.