vector
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[edit] English
[edit] Etymology
From Latin vector (“carrier”), from vehō (“I carry, I bear”).
[edit] Pronunciation
[edit] Noun
vector (plural vectors)
- (mathematics) a directed quantity, one with both magnitude and direction; an element of a vector space; the difference between two points, or an ordered pair representing such difference; a directed line segment (which is independent of position, i.e., for which equality is defined as translational congruence).
- 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:
- (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 from the concept of biological vector
- (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.
[edit] Usage notes
- (programming) The term vector is used loosely when the indices are not (either positive or non-negative) integers.
[edit] Derived terms
- vectorial
- vectorially
- vectorize
- change vector
- unit vector
- vector algebra
- vector field
- vector function
- vector product
- vector space
[edit] See also
[edit] Translations
directed quantity (1)
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chosen course or direction for motion (2)
carrier of a disease-causing agent (3)
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person or entity that passes along an urban legend or other meme (4)
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
one-dimensional array
[edit] Verb
vector (third-person singular simple present vectors, present participle vectoring, simple past and past participle vectored)
- to set (particularly an aircraft) 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
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[edit] References
- The New Oxford Dictionary of English
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[edit] Noun
vector m. (plural vectoren, diminutive vectortje)
- (mathematics) an element of a vector space
[edit] Latin
[edit] Noun
vectr (genitive vectōris); m, third declension
[edit] Inflection
| Number | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | vector | vectōrēs |
| genitive | vectōris | vectōrum |
| dative | vectōrī | vectōribus |
| accusative | vectōrem | vectōrēs |
| ablative | vectōre | vectōribus |
| vocative | vector | vectōrēs |
[edit] Verb
vector
- first-person singular present passive indicative of vectō
[edit] Spanish
[edit] Noun
vector m. (plural vectores)
