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Vector

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

Pronunciation: /ˈvɛktə/, /ˈvɛktɚ/

What “Vector” means

Noun

  1. A directed quantity, one with both magnitude and direction; the signed difference between two points.
  2. A directed quantity, one with both magnitude and direction; the signed difference between two points.
  3. A directed quantity, one with both magnitude and direction; the signed difference between two points.
  4. A directed quantity, one with both magnitude and direction; the signed difference between two points.
  5. A kind of dynamically resizable array.

Verb

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

Where the word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *weǵʰ- Proto-Indo-European *wéǵʰeti Proto-Italic *weɣō Latin vehō Proto-Indo-European *-tōr Proto-Italic *-tōr Latin -tor Latin vectorlbor. English vector Learned borrowing from Latin vector (“carrier, transporter”), from vehō (“to carry, transport, bear”), also ultimately the root of English vehicle. 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 Irish mathematician and astronomer William Rowan Hamilton in 1846.

Meanings and etymology from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

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