vector
A directed quantity, one with both magnitude and direction; the signed difference between two points.
Noun 4 meanings
A directed quantity, one with both magnitude and direction; the signed difference between two points.
“Velocity is a vector defined by the speed of an object and its direction.”
A kind of dynamically resizable array.
A carrier of a disease-causing agent.
Forces, developments, phenomena, processes, systems, etc. which influence the trajectory of history (e.g. imperialism)
Verb 2 meanings
To set (particularly an aircraft) on a course toward a selected point.
To redirect to a vector, or code entry point.
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin vector (“carrier, transporter”), from vehō (“to carry, transport, bear”), also ultimately the root of English vehicle. The “person or entity that passes along an urban legend or other meme” sense derives from the disease sense.
VECTOR at a glance
VECTOR has 6 letters and scores 11 points in Scrabble (V 4 + E 1 + C 3 + T 1 + O 1 + R 1) and 13 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #7,187 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
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