vector : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: vector	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for vector
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
vector n a variable quantity that can be resolved into components a straight line segment whose length is magnitude and whose orientation in space is direction any agent (person or animal or microorganism) that carries and transmits a disease; "mosquitos are vectors of malaria and yellow fever"; "fleas are vectors of the plague"; "aphids are transmitters of plant diseases"; "when medical scientists talk about vectors they are usually talking about insects" Synonym(s): vector, transmitter (genetics) a virus or other agent that is used to deliver DNA to a cell
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Vector \Vec"tor\, n. [L., a bearer, carrier. fr. vehere, vectum, to carry.] 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}).
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
vector 1. A member of a {vector space}. 2. A line or movement defined by its end points, or by the current position and one other point. See {vector graphics}. 3. A memory location containing the address of some code, often some kind of {exception} handler or other {operating system} service. By changing the vector to point to a different piece of code it is possible to modify the behaviour of the operating system. Compare {hook}. 4. A one-dimensional {array}. (1996-09-30)