Definitions for vector
vector
vec·tor
Spelling: [vek-ter]
IPA: /ˈvɛk tər/
Vector is a 6 letter English word.
It's valid Scrabble word worth 11 points.
It's valid Words with friends word worth 13 points.
You can make 109 anagrams from letters in vector (ceortv).
Definitions for vector
noun
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Mathematics.
a quantity possessing both magnitude and direction, represented by an arrow the direction of which indicates the direction of the quantity and the length of which is proportional to the magnitude. Compare scalar (def 4).
such a quantity with the additional requirement that such quantities obey the parallelogram law of addition.
such a quantity with the additional requirement that such quantities are to transform in a particular way under changes of the coordinate system.
any generalization of the above quantities.
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the direction or course followed by an airplane, missile, or the like.
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Biology.
an insect or other organism that transmits a pathogenic fungus, virus, bacterium, etc.
any agent that acts as a carrier or transporter, as a virus or plasmid that conveys a genetically engineered DNA segment into a host cell.
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Computers. an array of data ordered such that individual items can be located with a single index or subscript.
verb (used with object)
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Aeronautics. to guide (an aircraft) in flight by issuing appropriate headings.
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Aerospace. to change direction of (the thrust of a jet or rocket engine) in order to steer the craft.
Origin of vector
1695-1705; Latin: one that conveys, equivalent to vec-, variant stem of vehere to carry + -tor -tor
Examples for vector
You disappeared two centuries ago when the vector field collapsed.
To early adopters, Homestar Runner was that light, in vector graphics with actionscript.
Each vector shown is the vector resultant for one particular night.
Another species is supposed to be the vector of Peruvian verruga.
The position of the particle with respect to the origin is determined by the magnitude and direction of this vector.
The adenovirus he received was simply a vector, bringing a missing gene to his cell.
The vector that they were pointing at was true, but it doesn't mean that Israel is 'partly free.'
The other source of vector is the reaction between the zirconium and water.
Or, as Sims finely puts it, the zombie will be found “moving blindly along a vector of memory.”
I am assigned to duty with the 334th vector, which is operating in Sector Nine.