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

  • (..) Island approach. India Golf niner-niner checking in. VFR on top. Over. Island tower, this is India Golf niner-niner Requesting vectors to the initial. Easy, Helen. Easy. Easy, girl. You're overreacting. Everything's fine. They're just all getting coffee. At the same time. Yeah. (..)
    2004 The Incredibles