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Synonyms for vector

Grammar : Noun
Spell : vek-ter
Phonetic Transcription : ˈvɛk tər

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Définition of vector

Origin :
  • "quantity having magnitude and direction," 1704, from Latin vector "one who carries or conveys, carrier," from past participle stem of vehere "carry, convey" (see vehicle).
  • noun heading
Example sentences :
  • I am assigned to duty with the 334th Vector, which is operating in Sector Nine.
  • Extract from : « Indirection » by Everett B. Cole
  • Another species is supposed to be the vector of Peruvian verruga.
  • Extract from : « Handbook of Medical Entomology » by William Albert Riley
  • Each vector shown is the vector resultant for one particular night.
  • Extract from : « A Quantitative Study of the Nocturnal Migration of Birds. » by George H. Lowery.
  • You disappeared two centuries ago when the vector field collapsed.
  • Extract from : « Forsyte's Retreat » by Winston Marks
  • The position of the particle with respect to the origin is determined by the magnitude and direction of this vector.
  • Extract from : « Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 3 » by Various
  • The vector of change starts at the materiality and heads towards the abstract-that is, from objects to signs.
  • Extract from : « The Civilization of Illiteracy » by Mihai Nadin
  • It involves the continuity, at a surface, of the normal component of the vector.
  • Extract from : « Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 16, Slice 5 » by Various
  • The guy in C332 keeps screaming for his beer, but the service elevator to 'C' vector keeps dumping me off in 'F'.
  • Extract from : « Forsyte's Retreat » by Winston Marks
  • To his horror, the automatic signal light on the vector "H" elevator was flickering and fading.
  • Extract from : « Forsyte's Retreat » by Winston Marks
  • Oblique tractions can always be resolved, by the vector law, into normal and tangential tractions.
  • Extract from : « Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 2 » by Various

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