Vector

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Pronunciation 1.2 Noun 1.2.1 Translations 1.3 Verb 1.3.1 Reference 1.4 Adjective 2 Dutch 2.1 Noun 2.1.1 Translations

English

Pronunciation

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Noun

vector (plural: vectors)

1. ((mathematics{{#if:|, {{{2}}}{{#if:|, {{{3}}}{{#if:|, {{{4}}}{{#if:|, {{{5}}}{{#if:|, {{{6}}}{{#if:|, {{{7}}}{{#if:|, {{{8}}}{{#if:|, {{{9}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}})): a directed quantity, one with both magnitude and direction; an element of a vector space
2. a chosen course or direction for motion, as of an aircraft
3. ((medicine{{#if:|, {{{2}}}{{#if:|, {{{3}}}{{#if:|, {{{4}}}{{#if:|, {{{5}}}{{#if:|, {{{6}}}{{#if:|, {{{7}}}{{#if:|, {{{8}}}{{#if:|, {{{9}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}})) a carrier of a disease-causing agent
4. (Social sciences) a person or entity that passes along an urban legend or other meme from the concept of biological vector
5. 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
6. (computing) in operating systems, a memory location
7. (computing) the same as list or one-dimensional array

Translations

Bosnian: Vektor m (1) Catalan: vector m (1,2) Dutch: vector m (1), koers f (2) French: vecteur m (1) German: Vektor m (1)

Italian: vettore m (1) Latvian: vektors [..ō..] vīr. Russian: вектор м Slovenian: vektor m (1) Spanish: vector m (1,2) Swedish: vektor c (1,2)

Verb

to vector

1. to set (particularly an aircraft) a course toward a selected point.

Reference

• The New Oxford Dictionary of English

Adjective

vector

1. of one's liking, fitting with cultural ideals

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Dutch

Noun

vector m (Plural: vectoren, diminutive: vectortje)

1. (Mathematics) an element of a vector space

Translations

• English: vectorfr:vector

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