Found 2 items, similar to vector.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: vector vector n 1: a variable quantity that can be resolved into components 2: a straight line segment whose length is magnitude and whose orientation in space is direction 3: 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”; “when medical scientists talk about vectors they are usually talking about insects” [syn: transmitter]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Vector Vector \Vec"tor\, n. [L., a bearer, carrier. fr. vehere, vectum, to carry.] 1. Same as Radius vector. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] 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). [1913 Webster]