Phrase Hound found 61 phrases and 43 compound words that contain vector. The most common are listed below. Open vector in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 61
- vector spaceA set of elements called vectors, together with some field and operations called addition (mapping two vectors to a vector) and scalar multiplication (mapping a vector and an element in the field to a vector), satisfying a list of …
- vector graphicsGeometrical primitives based upon mathematical equations to represent images in computer graphics, contrasted with raster graphics.
- vector producta vector with the size given by the product of two vectors computed as the product of the magnitudes of the vectors and the sine of the angle between their directions, and directed perpendicular to the given two vectors, with positive …
- vector fielda function mapping a subset of ℝⁿ into a subset of ℝⁿ
- vector fieldsplural of vector field: a function mapping a subset of ℝⁿ into a subset of ℝⁿ
- unit vectorA vector with the length of 1, defined as mathbf ̂u=(mathbf u)/(‖ mathbf u‖).
- column vectorAn n×1 matrix that represents a vector.
- zero vectorA vector 0 in a vector space V such that for any v∈V, 0+v=v; a vector whose value in every dimension is zero; i.e., ⃑0=<0,0,…,0>.
- position vectorOf a point, a vector going from the origin to that point; equivalently, the transpose of the point.
- row vectorA 1×n matrix that represents a vector.
- four-vectorA vector in four-dimensional vector space, especially one having three spatial dimensions and one temporal dimension.
- vector functionAny function whose range is n-dimensional
- basis vectorA vector that forms part of a basis for a vector space.
- vector bundleA fiber bundle for which the fiber is a vector space.
- direction vectorA unit vector used to represent spatial direction, commonly denoted as d.
- vector algebraThe branch of mathematics that deals with vectors and operations on them.
- axial vectora pseudovector
- distance vectorA class of routing protocol based on sending global state between neighbouring nodes.
- vector sumThe vector whose initial and final points are those of a series of other vectors laid end to end.
- vector calculusThe branch of mathematics that covers the differentiation and integration of vector fields, primarily in three-dimensional Euclidean space.
- radius vectorOf a point, a vector going from the origin to that point; equivalently, the transpose of the point.
- attack vectorA path or method used by a hacker to gain access to a target system, such as a computer or network server.
- proper vectorAn eigenvector.
- vector clockAn array of logical clocks used to determine the partial order of events in a distributed system and detect causality violations.
- vector imageAn image file where the image’s elements (such as lines, circles and subimages) are stored as individual objects, as opposed to a raster or bitmap which stores the image’s pixels.
Compound words 43
- eigenvectorA vector that is only scaled (not rotated out of its span) under a particular linear transformation; a left or right eigenvector depending on context; (more formally) given a linear transformation A, a vector x such that Ax=λx [or xA=λx] …
- phasorA representation of a complex number in terms of a complex exponential.
- bitvectorA vector (or similar array) of bits that represent Boolean variables.
- multivectorA geometric Clifford number (=adding some 0-vector (=scalar) and an oriented rotation (=bivector) or even a volume (=trivector) to a unidirectional 1-vector).
- vectorscopeA special oscilloscope that displays an X-Y plot of two signals so as to indicate their relationship.
- isovectorA form of vector associated with isospin
- bivectorAn antisymmetric tensor of second rank.
- minivectorA DNA ministring.
- supervectorA combination of multiple vectors that represents a higher-dimensional object.
- vectoralRelating to a vector