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Pronunciation
IPA|/�v�kt�/ (RP)
IPA|/�v�kt�/ (US)
audio|en-us-vector.ogg|Audio (US)

Noun
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1. mathematics a directed quantity, one with both magnitude and direction; an element of a vector space
2. context|aviation a chosen course or direction for motion, as of an aircraft
3. medicine|biology a carrier of a disease-causing agent
4. sociology a person or entity that passes along an urban legend or other meme from the concept of biological vector
5. 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
6. 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 dereference|deferenced and jump|jumped to during the execution of an interrupt
7. complang A data structure consisting of a series of contiguous storage location|storage locations which are accessed via an integer offset from the address of the first storage location, thereby allowing a collection of values which utilize a common storage layout to be referenced either individually or in aggregate, as desired.
8. complang A one-dimensional array.

Usage notes
complang The term vector is used loosely when the indices are not (either postitive or non-negative) integers.

Derived terms
vectorial
vectorially

Hypernyms

complang (data structure) list

See also

computing ones based indexing
computing zero based indexing

Translations
trans-top|a directed quantity (1)
Bosnian: Vektor m
Catalan: #Catalan|vector m
Czech: vektor m
Dutch: #Dutch|vector m
Finnish: vektori
French: vecteur m
German: Vektor m
Hebrew: he-translation|�ק��ר|vektór m
Hungarian: vektor
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Italian: vettore m
Japanese: ����
Korean: 벡�
Portuguese: vector m
Russian: t|ru|век�о�|m|tr=v'éktor
Slovenian: vektor m
Spanish: vector m
Swedish: vektor c
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trans-top|a chosen course or direction for motion (2)
Catalan: vector m
Dutch: koers f
Finnish: kurssi
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Portuguese: vector m
Russian: t|ru|к���|m|trkurs, t|ru|нап�авление|n|trnapravl'énije
Spanish: vector m
Swedish: vektor c
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trans-top|a carrier of a disease-causing agent (3)
Finnish: taudinkantaja, tartunnanlevittäjä
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Russian: t|ru|пе�ено��ик|m|trp'er'enós�ik, t|ru|но�и�ел�|m|trnósít'el'
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trans-top|a person or entity that passes along an urban legend or other meme (4)
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trans-top|the way in which the eyes are drawn across the visual text (5)
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trans-top|a memory address containing the address of a code entry point (6)
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trans-top|A data structure consisting of a series of contiguous storage locations which are accessed via an integer offset (7)
Finnish: vektori
Hebrew: he-translation|�ק��ר|vektór m
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Russian: t|ru|век�о�|m|trv'éktor, t|ru|ма��ив|m|trmassív
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trans-top|A one-dimensional array (8)
Hebrew: he-translation|�ק��ר|vektór m
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Russian: t|ru|век�о�|m|trv'éktor, t|ru|ма��ив|m|trmassív
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ttbc|Latvian: vektors [..�..] vīr.
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Verb
en-verb

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

Translations
trans-top|to set (particularly an aircraft) a course toward a selected point
Finnish: asettaa kurssi
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References
The New Oxford Dictionary of English

Dutch

Noun
vector m (Plural: vectoren, diminutive: vectortje)

1. mathematics|lang=nl an element of a vector space

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