# Language: "tensor" vs "array"

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**Category:** General Usage\
**Tags:** question, arrays, tensors, english\
**Created:** [March 25, 2023, 10:07am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/language-tensor-vs-array/96590 "2023-03-25T10:07:22Z")\
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> [@CameronBieganek](#):
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> I would avoid the Python-ism

I don’t think Python has anything to do with this terminology other than much machine learning being done in Python.

For some earlier discussion about the meaning of tensor, see (parts of) [Comparison of tensor packages?](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/comparison-of-tensor-packages/11425).

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