vector
pronunciation
How to pronounce vector in British English:
UK [ˈvektə(r)]
How to pronounce vector in American English:
US [ˈvɛktɚ]
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- Noun:
- a variable quantity that can be resolved into components
- a straight line segment whose length is magnitude and whose orientation in space is direction
- any agent (person or animal or microorganism) that carries and transmits a disease
Word Origin
- vector
- vector: see vehicle
- vector (n.)
- "quantity having magnitude and direction," 1846; earlier "line joining a fixed point and a variable point," 1704, from Latin vector "one who carries or conveys, carrier" (also "one who rides"), agent noun from past participle stem of vehere "carry, convey" (see vehicle). Related: Vectorial.
Example
- 1. This is a unit vector that points from one object to the other .
- 2. My techinical style attempts to blend aspects of vector illustration with digital painting .
- 3. The estimates are based on a factor-augmented vector autoregression , obviously .
- 4. I didn 't draw the sun to moon vector to keep things a little cleaner .
- 5. The visual module has awesome stuff included to make some 3-d objects and other thinks like the vector class .