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Meaning of vector space | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

A set of elements called vectors, together with some field and operations called addition (mapping two vectors to a vector) and scalar multiplication (mapping a vector and an element in the field to a vector), satisfying a list of constraints; equivalently, a module over a field.

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Examples

“A vector space is a set of vectors which can be linearly combined.”
“Each vector space has a basis and dimension.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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