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Meaning of vector by Wiktionary Dictionary

# vector

### Etymology

From Latin vector ( “carrier” ), from vehō ( “I carry, I bear” ) .

The "person or entity that passes along an urban legend or other meme" sense derives from the disease sense .

### Pronunciation

• ( UK ) IPA: /ˈvɛktə/
• ( US ) IPA: /ˈvɛktɚ/
• Rhymes: -ɛktə( ɹ )

### Noun

vector ( plural: vectors )

1. ( mathematics ) A directed quantity, one with both magnitude and direction; the signed difference between two points.
2. ( mathematics ) An ordered tuple representing a directed quantity or the signed difference between two points .
3. ( mathematics ) Any member of a ( generalized ) vector space .
The vectors in ${\mathbb Q}[X]$ are the single-variable polynomials with rational coefficients: one is $x^{42}+\frac1{137}x-1$ .
4. ( aviation ) A chosen course or direction for motion, as of an aircraft .
5. ( epidemiology ) A carrier of a disease-causing agent .
6. ( sociology ) A person or entity that passes along an urban legend or other meme .
7. ( psychology ) A recurring psychosocial issue that stimulates growth and development in the personality .
8. The way in which the eyes are drawn across the visual text. The trail that a book cover can encourage the eyes to follow from certain objects to others .
9. ( computing, operating systems ) 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 .
10. ( programming ) A one-dimensional array .

### Verb

1. To set ( particularly an aircraft ) on a course toward a selected point.

• The New Oxford Dictionary of English

### Anagrams

Explanation of vector by Wordnet Dictionary

# vector

Noun
1. a virus or other agent that is used to deliver DNA to a cell

2. a variable quantity that can be resolved into components

3. mosquitos are vectors of malaria and yellow fever
fleas are vectors of the plague
when medical scientists talk about vectors they are usually talking about insects

Definition of vector by GCIDE Dictionary

# vector

1. Vector n. [L., a bearer, carrier. fr. vehere, vectum, to carry.]