vector

vector - English

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: vec‧tor
  • (UK) IPA: /ˈvɛktə/
  • (US) enPR: vĕk'tər, IPA: /ˈvɛktɚ/

Noun

vector (plural vectors)

  1. (mathematics) A directed quantity, one with both magnitude and direction; the signed difference between two points.
  2. (mathematics) An ordered tuple representing such.
  3. (mathematics) Any member of a (generalized) vector space.
    • The vectors in Q [ X ] {\displaystyle {\mathbb {Q} }[X]} are the single-variable polynomials with rational coefficients: one is x 42 + 1 137 x 1 {\displaystyle \textstyle x^{42}+{\frac {1}{137}}x-1} .
  4. (aviation) A chosen course or direction for motion, as of an aircraft.
  5. (epidemiology) A carrier of a disease-causing agent.
  6. (sociology) A person or entity that passes along an urban legend or other meme.
  7. (psychology) A recurring psychosocial issue that stimulates growth and development in the personality.
  8. 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.
  9. (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.
  10. (programming) A one-dimensional array.
  11. (computer graphics, attributive) A graphical representation using outlines; vector graphics.
    • Coordinate term: raster
    • a vector image, vector graphics
  12. (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)

  1. To set (particularly an aircraft) on a course toward a selected point.
  2. (computing) To redirect to a vector, or code entry point.

Derived terms

Translations

  • Bulgarian: насочвам (bg) (nasočvam)
  • Finnish: asettaa kurssi
  • Georgian: მიმართვა (mimartva), წარმართვა (c̣armartva), მიმართულების მიცემა (mimartulebis micema)

Anagrams

vector - Catalan

Pronunciation

  • (Balearic) IPA: /vəkˈto/
  • (Central) IPA: /bəkˈto/
  • (Valencian) IPA: /vekˈtoɾ/

Noun

vector m (plural vectors)

  1. vector

Derived terms

vector - Dutch

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /ˈvɛk.tɔr/
  • Hyphenation: vec‧tor

Noun

vector m (plural vectoren, diminutive vectortje n)

  1. (mathematics) vector, an element of a vector space

Derived terms

vector - Galician

Noun

vector m (plural vectores)

  1. vector

Derived terms

vector - Latin

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA: /ˈu̯ek.tor/, [ˈu̯ɛkt̪ɔr]
  • (Ecclesiastical) IPA: /ˈvek.tor/, [ˈvɛkt̪or]

Noun

vector m (genitive vectōris); third declension

  1. bearer, carrier
  2. passenger

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative vector vectōrēs
Genitive vectōris vectōrum
Dative vectōrī vectōribus
Accusative vectōrem vectōrēs
Ablative vectōre vectōribus
Vocative vector vectōrēs

Descendants

Verb

vector

  1. first-person singular present passive indicative of vectō

vector - Portuguese

Noun

vector m (plural vectores)

  1. Superseded spelling of vetor. (Superseded in Brazil by the 1943 spelling reform and by the Portuguese Language Orthographic Agreement of 1990 elsewhere. Still used in countries where the agreement hasn’t come into effect.)

vector - Romanian

Noun

vector m (plural vectori)

  1. vector

Declension

singular plural
indefinite articulation definite articulation indefinite articulation definite articulation
nominative/accusative (un) vector vectorul (niște) vectori vectorii
genitive/dative (unui) vector vectorului (unor) vectori vectorilor
vocative vectorule vectorilor

vector - Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /beɡˈtoɾ/ [beɣ̞ˈt̪oɾ]
  • Syllabification: vec‧tor

Noun

vector m (plural vectores)

  1. vector

Derived terms

Meaning and Definition of vector
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