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

  • (..) Get me out of here. Hey, look! Spandex. Spandex. Everything... ...spandex. Extraordinary velocity vector is a function... ...of both mass and acceleration. Come on, you know better than anyone... ...the weight on any pendulum (..)
    2012 The Amazing Spider-Man