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Vector Meaning & Definition
Vector Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Vector?

[n] a variable quantity that can be resolved into components
[n] any agent (person or animal or microorganism) that carries and transmits a disease; "mosquitos are vectors of malaria and yellow fever"; "fleas are vectors of the plague"; "aphids are transmitters of plant diseases"
[n] a straight line segment whose length is magnitude and whose orientation in space is direction

Synonyms | Synonyms for Vector: transmitter

Related Terms | Find terms related to Vector:

See Also | agent | carrier | cross product | gene delivery vector | immune carrier | radius vector | ray | resultant | straight line | transducing vector | variable | variable quantity | vector product | vector sum

Vector In Webster's Dictionary

\Vec"tor\, n. [L., a bearer, carrier. fr. vehere, vectum, to carry.] 1. Same as {Radius vector}. 2. (Math.) A directed quantity, as a straight line, a force, or a velocity. Vectors are said to be equal when their directions are the same their magnitudes equal. Cf. {Scalar}. Note: In a triangle, either side is the vector sum of the other two sides taken in proper order; the process finding the vector sum of two or more vectors is vector addition (see under {Addition}).

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