Vector
noun
An object that has both size and direction.
Wind is often represented as a vector, with direction and speed.
Often appears as...
- adding vectors
- vector multiplication
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Technical
noun
A carrier of a disease from one host to another.
Mosquitoes are a vector of malaria.
Often appears as...
- vector-borne disease
- disease vector
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Technical
noun
An element of a vector space.
In linear algebra, each vector can be represented as a sequence of numbers.
Often appears as...
- basis vector
- zero vector
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Technical
noun
A line or sequence proceeding in a specific direction.
Our business has followed a strong growth vector in recent years.
Often appears as...
- business vector
- growth vector
noun
A type of graphic that can be scaled to any size without losing quality.
Vector graphics are preferred for logos as they can be resized without losing clarity.
Often appears as...
- vector graphics design
- vector image
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Technical
noun
An object that has both size and direction.
Wind is often represented as a vector, with direction and speed.
Often appears as...
- adding vectors
- vector multiplication
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Formal
Technical
noun
A carrier of a disease from one host to another.
Mosquitoes are a vector of malaria.
Often appears as...
- vector-borne disease
- disease vector
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Formal
Technical
noun
An element of a vector space.
In linear algebra, each vector can be represented as a sequence of numbers.
Often appears as...
- basis vector
- zero vector
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Formal
Technical
noun
A line or sequence proceeding in a specific direction.
Our business has followed a strong growth vector in recent years.
Often appears as...
- business vector
- growth vector
noun
A type of graphic that can be scaled to any size without losing quality.
Vector graphics are preferred for logos as they can be resized without losing clarity.
Often appears as...
- vector graphics design
- vector image
Usage tips
Technical
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Pro Tip 1/2Directional Quantity
Vector in technical contexts often refers to an amount with a direction, like force or velocity.
The airplane's vector indicates a northeast direction at a high speed.
Pro Tip 2/2Visual Representation
Vectors are typically shown as arrows in diagrams where length represents magnitude and the point shows direction.
The vector in the physics diagram showed the car's acceleration.
Pro Tip 1/2Directional Quantity
Vector in technical contexts often refers to an amount with a direction, like force or velocity.
The airplane's vector indicates a northeast direction at a high speed.
Pro Tip 2/2Visual Representation
Vectors are typically shown as arrows in diagrams where length represents magnitude and the point shows direction.
The vector in the physics diagram showed the car's acceleration.
Pro Tip 1/2Directional Quantity
Vector in technical contexts often refers to an amount with a direction, like force or velocity.
The airplane's vector indicates a northeast direction at a high speed.
Pro Tip 2/2Visual Representation
Vectors are typically shown as arrows in diagrams where length represents magnitude and the point shows direction.
The vector in the physics diagram showed the car's acceleration.
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Why are frogs...
and developmental deformities. Okay, so why are these little green guys worth keeping around? Frogs are important for a multitude of reasons. They're an integral part of the food web, eating flies, ticks, mosquitoes, and other disease vectors, thus, protecting us against malaria, dengue fever,
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Rodney Brooks: Why we...
In fact, robots have become sort of ubiquitous in our lives in many ways. But I think when it comes to factory robots, people are sort of afraid, because factory robots are dangerous to be around. In order to program them, you have to understand six-dimensional vectors and quaternions.
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The quest for the...
The idea is to put the spiked protein in the measles vector, and it takes a little bit longer to do that work, but once you have that done, of course, we know how to make measles vaccine. We make hundreds and hundreds and hundreds of millions of doses and provide it to the whole world.
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Gridiron physics:...
and vectors are measurements with direction. For example, when that quarterback takes the snap, he's five yards away, but from where? Back from the line of scrimmage, so the five yards by itself is a scalar quantity. When you add a direction, like five yards deep,
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The Wonders of Urban...
that are carried by either dander or feces potentially food contamination and sickness that is spread by these mice and rats so think about rats and mice as vectors so that information is important and it helps us to know where we can put resources so
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John Hunter: Teaching...
that we found out this major country was planning a military offensive to dominate the entire world. Had they had their fuel supplies, they would have done it. She was able to see the vectors and trend lines and intentions long before any of us
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Innovative and cost...
you can find in the soil anyway this part of the world God created there the human being human mind has gone there to find out what that bacterium can do that vacuum can call crop pests can call vectors and producing everything else
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Stefano Mancuso: The...
as many young animals do, to the adult life where they will be called to track the sun all the day. They are able to respond to gravity, of course, so the shoots are growing against the vector of gravity
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Dan Barber: A surprising...
They create a dish where all the vectors point at us. With Eduardo it's about the expression of nature. And as he said, I think fittingly,
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Top 5 Nail-Biting...
he's paying a lot of attention to it he's sniffing it thinking what how does this thing why am I wearing in vector suddenly
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Why are frogs...
and developmental deformities. Okay, so why are these little green guys worth keeping around? Frogs are important for a multitude of reasons. They're an integral part of the food web, eating flies, ticks, mosquitoes, and other disease vectors, thus, protecting us against malaria, dengue fever,
Video examples
Rodney Brooks: Why we...
In fact, robots have become sort of ubiquitous in our lives in many ways. But I think when it comes to factory robots, people are sort of afraid, because factory robots are dangerous to be around. In order to program them, you have to understand six-dimensional vectors and quaternions.
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The quest for the...
The idea is to put the spiked protein in the measles vector, and it takes a little bit longer to do that work, but once you have that done, of course, we know how to make measles vaccine. We make hundreds and hundreds and hundreds of millions of doses and provide it to the whole world.
Video examples
Gridiron physics:...
and vectors are measurements with direction. For example, when that quarterback takes the snap, he's five yards away, but from where? Back from the line of scrimmage, so the five yards by itself is a scalar quantity. When you add a direction, like five yards deep,
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The Wonders of Urban...
that are carried by either dander or feces potentially food contamination and sickness that is spread by these mice and rats so think about rats and mice as vectors so that information is important and it helps us to know where we can put resources so
Video examples
John Hunter: Teaching...
that we found out this major country was planning a military offensive to dominate the entire world. Had they had their fuel supplies, they would have done it. She was able to see the vectors and trend lines and intentions long before any of us
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Innovative and cost...
you can find in the soil anyway this part of the world God created there the human being human mind has gone there to find out what that bacterium can do that vacuum can call crop pests can call vectors and producing everything else
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Stefano Mancuso: The...
as many young animals do, to the adult life where they will be called to track the sun all the day. They are able to respond to gravity, of course, so the shoots are growing against the vector of gravity
Video examples
Dan Barber: A surprising...
They create a dish where all the vectors point at us. With Eduardo it's about the expression of nature. And as he said, I think fittingly,
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Top 5 Nail-Biting...
he's paying a lot of attention to it he's sniffing it thinking what how does this thing why am I wearing in vector suddenly
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Geoffrey Hinton
British Psychologist
We now think of internal representation as great big vectors, and we do not think of logic as the paradigm for how to get things to work. We just think you can have these great big neural nets that learn, and so, instead of programming, you are just going to get them to learn everything.
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Liz Parrish
American Scientist
You have little to no response to AAV the first time your body sees it. If you used the same vector twice you would want to bump up immunosuppression. I believe there will be many new ways to deliver genes in the future as well.
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Walter Salles
Brazilian Director
The necessity to conceptualise has to come very early on, and defining a vector of development for that film also at the beginning of the process will allow you much more freedom as you go along.
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Amy McGrath
American Politician
Climate change is a fact, disrupting the environment, and also affecting economies, disease vectors, and political unrest worldwide.
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Anthony Fauci
American Scientist
Inevitably, malaria parasites developed resistance to commonly used drugs, and mosquito vectors became insecticide-resistant.
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Timothy Morton
English Philosopher
I so totally refuse to 'make an effort to understand' the people who have become vectors for a fascist spectacular politics.
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David Shields
American Author
You, Dad, in the large scheme of things, don't matter. I, Dad, don't matter. We're vectors on the grids of cellular life.
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Brianna Keilar
Australian Journalist
Misinformation is a virus unto itself. And Fox News is the vector.
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Thomas Bangalter
French Musician
Music was a vector that we wanted to build a universe around.
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Johannes Kepler
German Scientist
The radius vector describes equal areas in equal times.
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Geoffrey Hinton
British Psychologist
We now think of internal representation as great big vectors, and we do not think of logic as the paradigm for how to get things to work. We just think you can have these great big neural nets that learn, and so, instead of programming, you are just going to get them to learn everything.
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Liz Parrish
American Scientist
You have little to no response to AAV the first time your body sees it. If you used the same vector twice you would want to bump up immunosuppression. I believe there will be many new ways to deliver genes in the future as well.
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Walter Salles
Brazilian Director
The necessity to conceptualise has to come very early on, and defining a vector of development for that film also at the beginning of the process will allow you much more freedom as you go along.
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Amy McGrath
American Politician
Climate change is a fact, disrupting the environment, and also affecting economies, disease vectors, and political unrest worldwide.
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Anthony Fauci
American Scientist
Inevitably, malaria parasites developed resistance to commonly used drugs, and mosquito vectors became insecticide-resistant.
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Timothy Morton
English Philosopher
I so totally refuse to 'make an effort to understand' the people who have become vectors for a fascist spectacular politics.
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David Shields
American Author
You, Dad, in the large scheme of things, don't matter. I, Dad, don't matter. We're vectors on the grids of cellular life.
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Brianna Keilar
Australian Journalist
Misinformation is a virus unto itself. And Fox News is the vector.
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Thomas Bangalter
French Musician
Music was a vector that we wanted to build a universe around.
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Johannes Kepler
German Scientist
The radius vector describes equal areas in equal times.
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