vector

Definition

  • noun: a quantity (such as velocity) that has size and direction
  • noun: a quantity that has magnitude and direction and that is commonly represented by a directed line segment whose length represents the magnitude and whose orientation in space represents the direction
  • verb: to guide (as an airplane, its pilot, or a missile) in flight by means of a radioed vector
  • synonyms: aerial infection, air line, airborne infection

Examples

  • a mosquito that is the principal 'vector' of yellow fever

Movie clips

Movie quotes

  • (..) as a thruster... I can't see you having any control if you did that. You'd be eyeballing the intercept using a thrust vector you can barely control. Yes, those are all very good points. But consider this. I'd get to fly around (..)
    2015 The Martian