vector
English
Etymology
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From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin vector (“carrier, transporter”), from vehō (“I carry, I transport, I bear”).
The “person or entity that passes along an urban legend or other meme” sense derives from the disease sense.
The use of the term “vector” in mathematics was introduced by William Rowan Hamilton when he introduced the quaternion product.
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: vec‧tor
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Noun
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.
- (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 are the single-variable polynomials with rational coefficients: one is .
- (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.(Can we add an example for this sense?)
- (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.
- 2004, Jesse Liberty, Bradley L. Jones, Sams Teach Yourself C++ in 21 Days (page 694)
- To create a vector of students in a class, you will want the vector to be large enough […]
- 2004, Jesse Liberty, Bradley L. Jones, Sams Teach Yourself C++ in 21 Days (page 694)
- (computer graphics, attributive) A graphical representation using outlines; vector graphics.
- Coordinate term: raster
- a vector image
- vector graphics
- (molecular biology) A DNA molecule used to carry genetic information from one organism into another.
Usage notes
- (programming): The term vector is used loosely when the indices are not (either positive or non-negative) integers.
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Verb
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.
- (computing) To redirect to a vector, or code entry point.
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References
- The New Oxford Dictionary of English
Anagrams
Catalan
Noun
vector m (plural vectors)
Dutch
Etymology
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Pronunciation
Noun
vector m (plural vectoren, diminutive vectortje n)
- (mathematics) vector, an element of a vector space
Derived terms
- eenheidsvector
- eigenvector
- normaalvector
- raakvector
- vectoralgebra
- vectoranalyse
- vectordifferentiatie
- vectorlimiet
- vectorproduct
- vectorruimte
- vectorvermenigvuldiging
Galician
Etymology
Noun
vector m (plural vectores)
Derived terms
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈu̯ek.tor/, [ˈu̯ɛkt̪ɔr]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈvek.tor/, [ˈvɛkt̪or]
Noun
vector m (genitive vectōris); third declension
Declension
Third-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
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Nominative | vector | vectōrēs |
Genitive | vectōris | vectōrum |
Dative | vectōrī | vectōribus |
Accusative | vectōrem | vectōrēs |
Ablative | vectōre | vectōribus |
Vocative | vector | vectōrēs |
Verb
(deprecated template usage) vector
References
- “vector”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “vector”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
- passengers: vectores (Phil. 7. 9. 27)
- passengers: vectores (Phil. 7. 9. 27)
Portuguese
Noun
vector m (plural vectores)
Spanish
Etymology
Noun
vector m (plural vectores)
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