vector

UK /ˈvɛktə/ US /ˈvɛktə/
noun 5verb 2

Definitions

noun

1

A directed quantity, one with both magnitude and direction; the signed difference between two points.

Velocity is a vector defined by the speed of an object and its direction.

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.

2

A directed quantity, one with both magnitude and direction; the signed difference between two points.

The vectors in #123;#92;mathbbQ#125;#91;X#93; are the single-variable polynomials with rational coefficients: one is #92;textstylex#123;42#125;#43;#92;frac1#123;137#125;x-1.

3

A directed quantity, one with both magnitude and direction; the signed difference between two points.

Computers store many types of data as vectors for ease of processing.

A row vector is a matrix whose M dimension is 1. In fact, a row vector is a matrix consisting of a single row, and a column vector a matrix consisting of a single column.

4

A directed quantity, one with both magnitude and direction; the signed difference between two points.

I was told to fly out on a vector of 100 degrees to meet a strong plot of aircraft 30 miles from the coast.

5

A kind of dynamically resizable array.

To create a vector of students in a class, you will want the vector to be large enough […]

verb

1

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

[…] if love is vectored toward an object and Elinor's here flies toward Marianne, Marianne's in turn toward Willoughby.

2

To redirect to a vector, or code entry point.

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