Thesaurus: vector

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1. n. Same as Radius vector.
2. n. A directed quantity, as a straight line, a force, or a velocity. Vectors are said to be equal when their directions are the same their magnitudes equal. Cf. Scalar.
3. n. a variable quantity that can be resolved into components
4. n. a straight line segment whose length is magnitude and whose orientation in space is direction
5. n. any agent (person or animal or microorganism) that carries and transmits a disease
6. n. (genetics) a virus or other agent that is used to deliver DNA to a cell
7. 1. Same as Radius vector. 2. (Math.) A directed quantity, as a straight line, a force, or a velocity. Vectors are said to be equal when their directions are the same their magnitudes equal. Cf. Scalar. Note: In a triangle, either side is the vector sum of the other two sides taken in proper order; the process finding the vector sum of two or more vectors is vector addition (see under Addition).
8. A directed quantity, as a straight line, a force, or avelocity. Vectors are said to be equal when their directions are thesame their magnitudes equal. Cf. Scalar.
9. n:100 n. a variable quantity that can be resolved into components n. a straight line segment whose length is magnitude and whose orientation in space is direction n. any agent (person or animal or microorganism) that carries and transmits a disease