vector
/ˈvɛktɚ/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.99 in modern English
11
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A directed quantity, one with both magnitude and direction; the signed difference between two points.
noun
A directed quantity, one with both magnitude and direction; the signed difference between two points.
noun
A directed quantity, one with both magnitude and direction; the signed difference between two points.
noun
A directed quantity, one with both magnitude and direction; the signed difference between two points.
noun
noun
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Example Sentences
- "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."
- "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."
- "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."
- "Color is stored as a vector attribute (R, G, B)."
Etymology
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.
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈvɛktɚ/
- British English: /ˈvɛktə/
Subject
Wiktionary places this term in Biology, Physics.