vector
EnglishEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Latin vector (“carrier, transporter”), from vehō (“I carry, I transport, I bear”).
The “person or entity that passes along an urban legend or other meme” sense derives from the disease sense.
The mathematics sense was coined by William Rowan Hamilton in 1846.
PronunciationEdit
- Hyphenation: vec‧tor
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈvɛktə/
- (US) enPR: vĕk'tər, IPA(key): /ˈvɛktɚ/
Audio (US) (file) Audio (AU) (file) - Rhymes: -ɛktə(ɹ)
NounEdit
vector (plural vectors)
- (mathematics) A directed quantity, one with both magnitude and direction; the signed difference between two points.
- Hypernym: tensor
- 1914, The New Student's Reference Work:
- 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.
- (mathematics) An ordered tuple representing a directed quantity or the signed difference between two points.
- (mathematics) Any member of a (generalized) vector space.
- The vectors in are the single-variable polynomials with rational coefficients: one is .
- (aviation) A chosen course or direction for motion, as of an aircraft.
- (epidemiology) A carrier of a disease-causing agent.
- (by extension, sociology) A person or entity that passes along an urban legend or other meme.
- 2020 October 12, Andrew Marantz, “Why Facebook Can’t Fix Itself”, in The New Yorker[1]:
- These days, their primary job is to insist that Facebook is a fun place to share baby photos and sell old couches, not a vector for hate speech, misinformation, and violent extremist propaganda.
- (psychology) 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.(Can we add an example for this sense?)
- (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.
- (programming) A one-dimensional array.
- 2004, Jesse Liberty, Bradley L. Jones, Sams Teach Yourself C++ in 21 Days (page 694)
- To create a vector of students in a class, you will want the vector to be large enough […]
- 2004, Jesse Liberty, Bradley L. Jones, Sams Teach Yourself C++ in 21 Days (page 694)
- (computer graphics, attributive) A graphical representation using outlines; vector graphics.
- Coordinate term: raster
- a vector image
- vector graphics
- (molecular biology) A DNA molecule used to carry genetic information from one organism into another.
Usage notesEdit
- (programming): The term vector is used loosely when the indices are not (either positive or non-negative) integers.
HyponymsEdit
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TranslationsEdit
directed quantity
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aviation: chosen course or direction for motion
carrier of a disease-causing agent
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sociology: person or entity that passes along an urban legend or other meme
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recurring psychosocial issue that stimulates growth in the personality
way in which the eyes are drawn across the visual text
memory address containing the address of a code entry point
programming: one-dimensional array
DNA molecule used to carry genetic information from one organism into another
VerbEdit
vector (third-person singular simple present vectors, present participle vectoring, simple past and past participle vectored)
- To set (particularly an aircraft) on a course toward a selected point.
- 1994, Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick, Tendencies:
- […] if love is vectored toward an object and Elinor's here flies toward Marianne, Marianne's in turn toward Willoughby.
- (computing) To redirect to a vector, or code entry point.
TranslationsEdit
to set (particularly an aircraft) on a course toward a selected point
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ReferencesEdit
- The New Oxford Dictionary of English
AnagramsEdit
CatalanEdit
NounEdit
vector m (plural vectors)
DutchEdit
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NounEdit
vector m (plural vectoren, diminutive vectortje n)
- (mathematics) vector, an element of a vector space
Derived termsEdit
- eenheidsvector
- eigenvector
- normaalvector
- raakvector
- vectoralgebra
- vectoranalyse
- vectordifferentiatie
- vectorlimiet
- vectorproduct
- vectorruimte
- vectorvermenigvuldiging
GalicianEdit
EtymologyEdit
NounEdit
vector m (plural vectores)
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LatinEdit
EtymologyEdit
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
vector m (genitive vectōris); third declension
DeclensionEdit
Third-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
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Nominative | vector | vectōrēs |
Genitive | vectōris | vectōrum |
Dative | vectōrī | vectōribus |
Accusative | vectōrem | vectōrēs |
Ablative | vectōre | vectōribus |
Vocative | vector | vectōrēs |
Related termsEdit
DescendantsEdit
- → English: vector
VerbEdit
vector
ReferencesEdit
- vector in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- vector in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[2], London: Macmillan and Co.
- passengers: vectores (Phil. 7. 9. 27)
- passengers: vectores (Phil. 7. 9. 27)
PortugueseEdit
NounEdit
vector m (plural vectores)
SpanishEdit
EtymologyEdit
NounEdit
vector m (plural vectores)