A Topical Dictionary: Search for vector

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English

Pronunciation

IPA: /ˈvɛktə/ (RP)
IPA: /ˈvɛktɚ/ (US)
An audio transcript can be found at en-us-vector.ogg

Noun

a directed quantity, one with both magnitude and direction; an element of a vector space
In the Context of a chosen course or direction for motion, as of an aircraft
a carrier of a disease-causing agent
a person or entity that passes along an urban legend or other meme from the concept of biological vector
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
(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 dereference|deferenced and jump|jumped to during the execution of an interrupt
A data structure consisting of a series of contiguous storage location|storage locations which are accessed via an integer offset from the address of the first storage location, thereby allowing a collection of values which utilize a common storage layout to be referenced either individually or in aggregate, as desired.
A one-dimensional array.

Usage notes

The term vector is used loosely when the indices are not (either postitive or non-negative) integers.

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Translations

Bosnian: {{t-|bs|Vektor|m}}
Catalan: #Catalan|vector
Czech: {{t-|cs|vektor|m}}
Dutch: {{t-|nl|vector|m}}
Finnish:
French: {{t+|fr|vecteur|m}}
German: {{t+|de|Vektor|m}}
Hebrew:
Hungarian:

Italian: {{t+|it|vettore|m}}
Japanese: {{t+|ja|ベクトル|sc=Jpan}}
Korean: 벡터
Portuguese: {{t+|pt|vector|m}}
Russian: {{t+|ru|вектор|m|tr=v'éktor|sc=Cyrl}}
Slovenian: vektor
Spanish: {{t+|es|vector|m}}
Swedish: {{t+|sv|vektor|c}}

Catalan: vector
Dutch: {{t+|nl|koers|f}}
Finnish:
Portuguese: {{t+|pt|vector|m}}

Russian: {{t|ru|курс|m|tr=kurs|sc=Cyrl}}, {{t|ru|направление|n|tr=napravl'énije|sc=Cyrl}}
Spanish: {{t+|es|vector|m}}
Swedish: {{t+|sv|vektor|c}}

Finnish: taudinkantaja, tartunnanlevittäjä

Russian: {{t|ru|переносчик|m|tr=p'er'enósčik|sc=Cyrl}}, {{t|ru|носитель|m|tr=nósít'el'|sc=Cyrl}}

Finnish:
Hebrew:

Russian: {{t+|ru|вектор|m|tr=v'éktor|sc=Cyrl}}, {{t|ru|массив|m|tr=massív|sc=Cyrl}}

Hebrew:

Russian: {{t+|ru|вектор|m|tr=v'éktor|sc=Cyrl}}, {{t|ru|массив|m|tr=massív|sc=Cyrl}}

: vektors [..ō..] vīr.

Verb

to set (particularly an aircraft) a course toward a selected point.

Translations

Finnish: asettaa kurssi

References

The New Oxford Dictionary of English

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Dutch

Noun

vector m (Plural: vectoren, diminutive: vectortje)

an element of a vector space

Category:Biology Category:Physics

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Spanish

Noun

#English|vector

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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Vector \Vec"tor\, n. [L., a bearer, carrier. fr. vehere, vectum,
to carry.]
1. Same as Radius vector.
[1913 Webster]

2. (Math.) A directed quantity, as a straight line, a force,
or a velocity. Vectors are said to be equal when their
directions are the same and their magnitudes equal. Cf.
Scalar.
[1913 Webster]

Note: In a triangle, either side is the vector sum of the
other two sides taken in proper order; the process
finding the vector sum of two or more vectors is vector
addition (see under Addition).
[1913 Webster]

WordNet vector
n 1: a variable quantity that can be resolved into components
2: a straight line segment whose length is magnitude and whose
orientation in space is direction
3: any agent (person or animal or microorganism) that carries
and transmits a disease; "mosquitos are vectors of malaria
and yellow fever"; "fleas are vectors of the plague";
"aphids are transmitters of plant diseases"; "when medical
scientists talk about vectors they are usually talking
about insects" [syn: transmitter]

Moby Dictionary
aerial infection , air line , airborne infection , axis , azimuth ,
beeline , biological vector , carrier , chord , communicability ,
compass bearing , compass direction , contagion , contagiousness ,
contamination , course , cryptogenic infection , diagonal , diameter ,
direct infection , direct line , directrix , droplet infection ,
dust infection , edge , epidemiology , great-circle course ,
hand infection , heading , indirect infection , infection ,
infectiousness , lee side , magnetic bearing , mechanical vector ,
normal , perpendicular , phytogenic infection , primary infection ,
pyogenic infection , radius , radius vector , relative bearing ,
right line , secant , secondary infection , segment , shortcut , side ,
straight , straight course , straight line , straight stretch ,
straightaway , streamline , subclinical infection , tack , taint ,
tangent , transversal , true bearing , vehicle , virus ,
waterborne infection , weather side , zoogenic infection

FOLDOC vector

1. A member of a vector space.

2. A line or movement defined by its end points, or
by the current position and one other point. See {vector
graphics}.

3. A memory location containing the address
of some code, often some kind of exception handler or other
operating system service. By changing the vector to point
to a different piece of code it is possible to modify the
behaviour of the operating system.

Compare hook.

4. A one-dimensional array.

(1996-09-30)