vector
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English [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From Latin vector (“carrier”), from vehō (“I carry, I bear”).
The "person or entity that passes along an urban legend or other meme" sense derives from the disease sense.
Pronunciation [edit]
Noun [edit]
vector (plural vectors)
- (mathematics) A directed quantity, one with both magnitude and direction; the signed difference between two points.
- 1914, The New Student's Reference Work:
- As examples of vector quantities may be mentioned the distance between any two given points, a velocity, a force, an acceleration, angular velocity, intensity of magnetization flux of heat.
- 1914, The New Student's Reference Work:
- (mathematics) An ordered tuple representing a directed quantity or the signed difference between two points.
- (mathematics) Any member of a (generalized) vector space.
- The vectors in
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are the single-variable polynomials with rational coefficients: one is 
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- The vectors in
- (aviation) A chosen course or direction for motion, as of an aircraft.
- (epidemiology) A carrier of a disease-causing agent.
- (sociology) A person or entity that passes along an urban legend or other meme.
- (psychology) A recurring psychosocial issue that stimulates growth and development in the personality.
- The way in which the eyes are drawn across the visual text. The trail that a book cover can encourage the eyes to follow from certain objects to others.
- (computing, operating systems) A memory address containing the address of a code entry point, usually one which is part of a table and often one that is dereferenced and jumped to during the execution of an interrupt.
- (programming) A one-dimensional array.
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are the single-variable polynomials with rational coefficients: one is 
.Usage notes [edit]
- (programming): The term vector is used loosely when the indices are not (either positive or non-negative) integers.
Derived terms [edit]
- change vector
- column vector
- row vector
- unit vector
- vector algebra
- vector-borne
- vector field
- vector function
- vectorial
- vectorially
- vectorize
- vector product
- vector space
Translations [edit]
directed quantity
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chosen course or direction for motion
carrier of a disease-causing agent
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person or entity that passes along an urban legend or other meme
way in which the eyes are drawn across the visual text
memory address containing the address of a code entry point
data structure consisting of a series of contiguous storage locations which are accessed via an integer offset
programming: one-dimensional array
Verb [edit]
vector (third-person singular simple present vectors, present participle vectoring, simple past and past participle vectored)
- To set (particularly an aircraft) on a course toward a selected point.
- 1994, Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick, Tendencies
- […] if love is vectored toward an object and Elinor's here flies toward Marianne, Marianne's in turn toward Willoughby.
- 1994, Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick, Tendencies
Translations [edit]
References [edit]
- The New Oxford Dictionary of English
Anagrams [edit]
Dutch [edit]
Noun [edit]
vector m (plural vectoren, diminutive vectortje)
- (mathematics) an element of a vector space
Latin [edit]
Noun [edit]
vector (genitive vectōris); m, third declension
Inflection [edit]
| Number | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | vector | vectōrēs |
| genitive | vectōris | vectōrum |
| dative | vectōrī | vectōribus |
| accusative | vectōrem | vectōrēs |
| ablative | vectōre | vectōribus |
| vocative | vector | vectōrēs |
Verb [edit]
vector
- first-person singular present passive indicative of vectō
Spanish [edit]
Noun [edit]
vector m (plural vectores)
