Vector
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noun
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verb
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(As a noun)
Vector ( noun )
- A quantity having direction as well as magnitude, especially as determining the position of one point in space relative to another.
- A straight line, arrow, or other symbol used to represent a quantity having direction, such as velocity.
- A virus or other agent that carries and spreads a gene or genes from one organism to another.
- In computer science, a data structure that can be used to store a single sequence of elements.
Origin:
Late 16th century (in the sense "quantity having direction as well as magnitude"): from latin vector "carrier, conveyer", from vehere "to carry".
Examples:
- The velocity vector of the car indicated that it was moving north-west.
- The force on the object is represented by a vector.
- The bacteria was able to transfer the gene to the host cell via a plasmid vector.
- The image was stored as a vector graphic which made it easy to resize and edit.
- The wind velocity was given as a vector quantity with magnitude and direction.
(As a verb)
Vector ( verb )
- A quantity having direction as well as magnitude, especially as determining the position of one point in space relative to another.
- A straight line, arrow, or other symbol used to represent a quantity having direction, such as velocity.
- A virus or other agent that carries and spreads a gene or genes from one organism to another.
- In computer science, a data structure that can be used to store a single sequence of elements.
Origin:
Late 16th century (in the sense "quantity having direction as well as magnitude"): from latin vector "carrier, conveyer", from vehere "to carry".
Examples:
- The velocity vector of the car indicated that it was moving north-west.
- The force on the object is represented by a vector.
- The bacteria was able to transfer the gene to the host cell via a plasmid vector.
- The image was stored as a vector graphic which made it easy to resize and edit.
- The wind velocity was given as a vector quantity with magnitude and direction.