Names can have different meanings based on context, even within pure mathematics. I think a mathematician would have little trouble discerning which kind of te

Names can have different meanings based on context, even within pure mathematics. I think a mathematician would have little trouble discerning which kind of tensor is meant, as this sort of reusing existing terms is pretty common. Just calling it an array might be underselling it, at this point. Perhaps a tensor in the context of CompSci is just a particular type of array with certain expected properties.