Meaning of Vector | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A directed quantity, one with both magnitude and direction; the signed difference between two points.
2. Any member of a (generalized) vector space.
3. An ordered tuple, originally one representing a directed quantity, but by extension any one-dimensional matrix.
4. A chosen course or direction for motion, as of an aircraft.
5. The way in which the eyes are drawn across the visual text.
6. A kind of dynamically resizable array.
7. A memory address containing the address of a code entry point, usually one which is part of a table and often one that is dereferenced and jumped to during the execution of an interrupt.
8. A graphical representation using outlines; vector graphics.
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9. A carrier of a disease-causing agent.
10. A DNA molecule used to carry genetic information from one organism into another.
11. A person or entity that passes along an urban legend or other meme.
12. A recurring psychosocial issue that stimulates growth and development in the personality.
13. Forces, developments, phenomena, processes, systems, etc. which influence the trajectory of history (e.g. imperialism)

Equivalents

Examples

“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.”

“I was told to fly out on a vector of 100 degrees to meet a strong plot of aircraft 30 miles from the coast.”

“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).”

“GPU cores are essentially vector-processing units, capable of applying the same instruction on a large collection of operands.”

“To create a vector of students in a class, you will want the vector to be large enough […]”

“a vector image, vector graphics”

“These days, their primary job is to insist that Facebook is a fun place to share baby photos and sell old couches, not a vector for hate speech, misinformation, and violent extremist propaganda.”

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